GOC pays homage to Turtuk martyrs

GOC 14 Corps and other ranks paying homage to martyrs at Leh air base.
GOC 14 Corps and other ranks paying homage to martyrs at Leh air base.

Excelsior Correspondent

LEH, Mar 29:   Army soldiers  Bhawan Tamang (Hav)  and Sep Sunil Rai, who were martyred during an avalanche in the Turtuk Sector of  Ladakh on  March 25, 2016, were accorded full military honours  in a solemn wreath laying ceremony held in Leh city on Monday.
During the ceremony, the GOC 14 Corps and other senior officers  paid  homage to the brave departed souls.  The GOC laid the wreath to honour the martyrs.
After the wreath laying ceremony, the mortal remains of the martyrs were flown to their native places where they were accorded befitting funerals with full military honours.