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Last rites of six soldiers killed in Manipur held in Jammu
Jammu, June 7
The mortal remains of six
soldiers from Jammu and Kashmir, killed in a Manipur militant ambush
last week, were cremated with full military and state honours here on
Sunday, defence officials said.
A defence spokesman told IANS
that the bodies of seven soldiers reached Jammu from Imphal in a special
Indian Air Force aircraft.
Six of them -- Naib Subedar Ram
Singh, resident of Swankha More, Vijaypur; Havildar Satpal Bhasin,
resident of Muthi, Jammu; Havildar Randeep Singh, resident of village
Bomal, Akhnoor; Lance Naik Kuldeep Raj, resident of village Burn, Jammu;
Sepoy Vijay Kumar, resident of village Serh, Akhnoor and Havildar Sunil
Kumar, resident of Sunderbani -- were from Jammu region while Sepoy
Manjeet Singh was from Pathankot in neighbouring Punjab.
He said
that before the last rites and military funeral, wreaths were laid on
the bodies by Tiger Division commander, Maj.Gen. Dushyant Singh, Air
Force Station Jammu commander, Air Commodore Ashutosh Lal, Station
Commander, Jammu, Col. A Mathur and other officers.
Deputy Chief
Minister Nirmal Singh attended the funeral of Havildar Satpal Bhasin, MP
Jugal Kishore the funeral of Lance Naik Kuldeep Raj and legislator
Ravinder Raina that of Havildar Sunil Kumar, he said.
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Swords Division commander, Maj. Gen. Kulpreet Singh attended the funeral
of Havildar Randeep Singh, and his deputy, Brig. Vivek Sharma that of
Vijay Kumar.
"A large number of locals including their family
members, army authorities and civil dignitaries were present and paid
homage to the martyrs."