Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 21: A wreath-laying ceremony was held here to pay tribute to a soldier who laid down his life fighting terrorists in a remote forest area in Udhampur district where an anti-terrorist operation entered the third day on Sunday, officials said.
White Knight Corps Chief of staff Maj Gen P S Dagar led the solemn ceremony held at the Indian Air Force Station Jammu to honour Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand whose mortal remains were later flown to his home town in Himachal Pradesh for last rites, the officials said.
Deputy Inspector General of Police, Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban range, Shridhar Patil and some civil officers also attended the ceremony and paid their tribute to the fallen soldier.
“His supreme sacrifice stands as a beacon of courage and duty, inspiring future generations,” the Army said in a post on X after the wreath laying ceremony while paying rich tribute to the brave heart.
The soldier was injured late Friday evening when terrorists opened fire on a joint search party of the Army and Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir Police at Kanji in the Seoj Dhar forest between Dudu-Basantgarh area of Udhampur and Bhaderwah in Doda district.
He was shifted to a hospital where he later succumbed to injuries.
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