A wreath-laying ceremony was held here on Friday to pay tribute to 10 soldiers who lost their lives in a road accident on the Bhaderwah-Chamba Interstate in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said.
The ceremony was presided over by General Officer Commanding White Knight Corps Lt Gen PK Mishra and was attended by officers of the Army, Indian Air Force (IAF), BSF, CRPF, Police and Civil Administration at the Technical Airport, officials said.
They said wreaths were also laid at the remains of soldiers on behalf of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha.
Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, Bhim Sen Tuti and Inspector General of CRPF, Jammu, R Gopal Krishna Rao also laid a wreath at the tricolor draped caskets of the soldiers.
Remains of fallen soldiers — Monu of Bulandshehar-Hindom, Jobanjeet Singh (Roopnagar-Ambala), Mohit (Jhajjhar-Hindam), Shailendra Singh Bhadoriya (Morar-Gwalior), Samiran Singh (Jhargram-Kalaikonda), Nadurumna-Hirliahar (P) (Yamunagar-Ambala), Hare Ram Kumar (Bhojpur-Bihta), Ajay Lakra (Ranchi) and Rinkhil Baliyan (Hapur-Hindom) – are being sent to their home towns for last rites, officials said.
An Army armored vehicle carrying troops for an anti-terror operation plunged into a deep gorge on the 9,000-feet high Khanni peak along the Bhaderwah-Chamba Interstate Road on Thursday, killing 10 soldiers and injuring 11 others.
The Jammu-based Army’s White Knight Corps described the incident as “unfortunate” and said the vehicle skidded off the road while traversing treacherous terrain in bad weather.
