Army Chief Pays Homage to Slain Soldiers

KL Report

SRINAGAR

Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag Saturday paid homage to the slain soldiers of Dagger Division who were killed in a militant attack in Uri on Friday.

General Suhag, arrived in Srinagar to take stock of the recent operations in which twelve militants had been killed by the Indian Army and to pay homage to the soldiers who were killed during these operations. He was received by Lieutenant General DS Hooda, the Northern Army Commander, and Lt Gen Subrata Saha, the Chinar Corps Commander, on his arrival at Srinagar Airfield.

In a wreath laying ceremony conducted at Budgam, the Chinar Corps paid homage to the slain soldiers. The Army Chief, Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, who had come from Delhi to be part of the Ceremony, saluted and laid wreaths for deceased soldiers. The bodies of the soldiers were then sent by air to their home towns for the last rites which will be held as per the traditions of the Indian Army.

The slain soldiers namely, Lt Col Sankalp Kumar, Hav Subhash Chand, L/Nk Gurnail Singh, Nk Panna Lal Yadav, Gnr Satnam Singh, L/Nk Sukhwinder Singh, DMT Kuldeep Kumar and Gnr Manpreet Singh were all part of the Valley’s Dagger Division.

After the wreath laying ceremony, the Army Chief was briefed at HQ Chinar Corps on the two recent operations which resulted in the elimination of 12 militants. He also took a stock of the state of security in the Valley in light of the ongoing elections. The Army Chief expressed his satisfaction on the high state of alertness of the forces and commended their level of commitment and preparation which has ensured that the malafide intentions of our adversaries have not been able to dent the spirit of the population. Speaking about the two recent operations, he said that this was an attempt by inimical elements to disrupt the remaining phases of the polls as they were unnerved by the high voter turnout in the first two phases. The Army Chief stated that peaceful atmosphere in which the polls have been conducted in the first two phases has been thanks to the efforts put in by all the security forces and he highlighted the role of the brave soldiers in the harshest of terrain and weather conditions, and the supreme sacrifice made, in order to ensure that the militants were prevented from reaching the populated areas and causing harm to innocent civilian lives. While stating that the nefarious designs of the adversary have been defeated, the Army Chief concluded by saluting the brave soldiers who had laid down their lives in order to achieve this end.

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