Army pays homage to martyred soldiers
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and the Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen JS Sandhu, paid rich tributes to Maj Kamlesh Pandey and Sep Tanzin Chhultim in a solemn ceremony in Badami Bagh Cantoniment, Srinagar.
"Major Kamlesh Pandey joined the Army in June 2012. He hailed from Almora, Uttrakhand. He is survived by wife and a two-year-old daughter," an Army spokesman said in Srinagar.
Twentyfive-year-old Soldier Sepoy Tanzin Chhultim of Lahaul Spiti, Himachal Pradesh had joined the Army in September 2012, and is survived by his parents.
The spokesman further said that the mortal remains of the two will be taken to their native places for last rites with full military honours.
The Army stands in solidarity with the bereaved families and remains committed to their dignity and well being, spokesman added.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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