Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 26: Wreath laying ceremony was held at Chinar Corps, Badami Bagh Cantonment here to pay tributes to the martyred soldiers who laid down their lives during the recent terrorist attack.
Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, Chinar Corps Commander and all ranks of Chinar Corps laid wreath as a mark of honour for the brave soldiers. As a special gesture Ashok Prasad, IPS, DGP J&K also attended the ceremony and laid wreath on behalf of the J&K Police.
On June 24, in a terrorist attack on the convoy of Army, eight soldiers had attained martyrdom. Among the martyrs were Hav Lalrohula from Aizwal Dist (Mizoram), LNk Z Lalringhetta from Mamit Dist (Mizoram), Sep Pravin Das from Udalguri (Assam), Sep John Lalumi Vajphei from Churachandpur Distt (Manipur), Sep Moanung Sang from Mokokchung Dist (Nagaland), Signalman Yadaiah M from Mahbubnagar Dist (AP), Signalman Girdhari Prajapati from Balia Dist (UP) and Sep Adwaita Nandi from Bankura Distt.
Earlier, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had visited the Base Hospital at Badami Bagh Cantt, Srinagar to honour the martyrs personally. The PM had expressed that the country is proud of what Army is doing in the service of the nation.
Names of these martyrs will be engraved at the Chinar Corps Memorial and their contribution towards peace in the Kashmir Valley will become part of the history. Lt Gen Gurmit Singh while lauding the brave soldiers said “My heart goes out to the families and relatives of the martyrs. May God bestow strength to bear the loss. Chinar Corps salutes them and their martyrdom will only strengthen our resolve to bring peace in Kashmir”.
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