JAMMU: Amid patriotic fervour, thousands of mourners bid a tearful adieu on Monday to Deputy Superintendent of Police Aman Thakur, whose last rites were performed with full state honours in a village in the Marh area, near the Indo-Pak border, on the outskirts of Jammu.
The officer, who gave up two Government jobs to don the uniform to fulfil his dream to serve the country, was martyred while fighting a group of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Sunday.
Three terrorists, including two Pakistani nationals, were eliminated in the encounter that also claimed the life of an Army jawan and left two security personnel, including a major, injured.
The body of Thakur, hailing from Gagla village in Doda district, was flown to Jammu from Srinagar on Monday morning and a wreath-laying ceremony was held at the police lines here.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik and Union Minister Jitendra Singh joined senior politicians and officers of the police, Army, CRPF and civil administration to pay rich tributes to Thakur. (AGENCIES)
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