Poonch village bids tearful adieu to Havaldar Abdul Majid

Rajouri, Nov 24: Thousands of people, including political leaders, social activists and officers, Friday attended the last rites of Havaldar Abdul Majid, who was one among the five army personnel who lost their lives in an encounter at Baaji Maal in Kalakote sub division of Rajouri district.

The other four Army personnel included two Army Captains, one Lance Naik and one Paratrooper.

Ajote, Majid’s native village, bid tearful adieu yet with a sense of pride also. He was serving in the Special Forces of the Indian Army. Deployed in Rajouri, he was part of an army team in the encounter at Baaji Maal.

Majid is survived by wife and their three children Muhammad Sahil (8), Muhammad Rahil (6) and Mahira Majid (3), who are studying in class 2nd, UKG and Nursery respectively, besides parents.

His father Muhammad Rashid (55) is a farmer by profession while his mother Parveen Akhter (50) and Majid’s wife Sageera Bi (32) help him in the farming practices besides their daily chores

On Friday morning, a wreath laying ceremony was organised at Army General Hospital Rajouri where army, police and civil administration officers paid tributes to all five personnel after which the body of Abdul Majid was taken to his native village Ajote in Poonch.

Later a wreath laying ceremony was organised at Poonch Army Brigade where senior army officers, Deputy Commissioner Poonch, Senior Superintendent of Police Poonch and others paid tributes to the army brave-heart, following which his mortal remains were taken to his native village Ajote.

At Ajote, the officials said, the Army paid a gun salute to the fallen soldier after which he was laid to rest, in presence of thousands of teary-eyed people, drawn from all walks of life.

The members of the family informed that this was the sacrifice of their second son for the nation as earlier Majid’s cousin, Muhammad Nasir lost his life in ceasefire violation on the Line of Control.

Nasir, the cousin of Majid, was deployed on the Line of Control in Rajouri sector where he lost his life in ceasefire violation at Tarkundi in 2017.

“We will always miss our sons but have a sense of pride that they have sacrificed their lives for their motherland and this great nation,” they said.