Northern Army Commander, GOC 16 Corps pay tributes to slain soldiers

Rajouri, Dec 24: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C), Northern Command Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi, General Officer Commanding (GOC) White Knight Corps Lt Gen Sandeep Jain Sunday paid tributes to four army personnel, killed in Dehra Ki Gali (DKG) terrorist attack, in a solemn wreath-laying ceremony held in Rajouri.

The members of families of fallen soldiers also participated in the wreath-laying ceremony organised at Army’s ASC ground in Rajouri where tributes were offered to the valiant soldiers, as per military tradition.

General Officer Commanding (GOC) Ace of Spades division; General Officer Commanding (GOC) Romeo Force; Deputy Commissioner Rajouri; Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajouri besides senior officers of Border Security Force (BSF) also laid wreaths to pay their tributes to four soldiers, who lost their lives in terrorist ambush on Thursday in dense forest area of Dehra Ki Gali in Poonch’s Surankote subdivision.

The fallen soldiers included Naik Birender Singh from Chamoli Uttrakhand; Rifleman Gautam Kumar from Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand; Naik Karan Kumar from Kanpur UP and Rifleman Chandan Kumar from Nawada Bihar.
The Next of Kin (NoK) of these army personnel paid tributes with tearful eyes.

Participation of family members of army personnel in wreath laying took place after a long period as earlier the officers of army, police and civil administration would only participate in such events. There was no permission for members of the families and relatives of fallen soldiers to participate in this event.

Later, the mortal remains of these army personnel were shifted to Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) of Indian Army in Rajouri town from where these were taken to their native places in army helicopters.

Reports suggested that earlier arrangements for the last rites of these army personnel were made in the cremation ground of Rajouri town but later their mortal remains were flown to their native places.