Wreath laying ceremony held for two slain soldiers in J&K's Rajouri
The Hindu
Senior Army officials said the coffins wrapped in the tricolour were airlifted from Rajouri to Jammu in a helicopter.
A wreath laying ceremony was held on Sunday for , including an officer, who lost their lives in a landmine explosion during patrolling in a forward area near the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
After the ceremony held at a garrison in Rajouri town at around 2 p.m., the mortal remains of Lieutenant Rishi Kumar and Sepoy Manjit Singh were dispatched to their home towns in Bihar and Punjab for last rites, they said.
The two soldiers were killed and another critically injured when a landmine exploded near a forward post in Kalal area of Nowshera sector on Saturday.
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