Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 19: Another soldier succumbed to injuries in a New Delhi hospital, taking the toll in the Uri attack on Sunday to 18. Sepoy K Vikas Janardhan who was shifted to R&R Hospital, New Delhi, on Sunday in a critical condition succumbed to his injuries on Monday morning.
In a deadly attack on an Army base in Uri, close to the Line of Control (LoC), 18 soldiers were killed and 23 others were injured when four members of Jaish-e-Mohammad stormed the base. The four militants were also killed in the gunfight.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday led senior Army and police officials in paying tributes at the wreath-laying ceremony for the killed soldiers at the headquarters of Army's 15 Corps in Badamibagh.
The 18 slain soldiers
Subedar Karnail Singh of Shibu Chak village, Jammu (J&K)
Havildar Ravi Paul of Samba (J&K)
Sepoy Rakesh Singh of Baddja village, Kaimur (Bihar)
Sepoy Javra Munda of Meral village, Khuti (Jharkhand)
Sepoy Naiman Kujur of Gumla village, Chainpur (Jharkhand)
Sepoy Uike Janrao of Nandgaon village, Amravati (Maharashtra)
Havildar NS Rawat of Rajawa village, Rajasmand (Rajasthan)
Sepoy Ganesh Shankar of Ghoorapalli village, Sant Kabir Nagar (UP)
Naik SK Vidarthi of Boknari village, Gaya (Bihar)
Sepoy Biswajit Ghorai of Ganga Sagar village, South 24 Parganas (West Bengal)
Lance Naik G Shankar of Jashi village, Satara (Maharashtra)
Sepoy G Dalai of Jamuna Balia village, Howrah (West Bengal)
Lance Naik RK Yadav of Balia village (UP)
Sepoy Harinder Yadav of Ghazipur village, Ghazipur (UP)
Sepoy TS Somnath of Khadangali village, Nashik (Maharashtra)
Havildar Ashok Kumar Singh of Raktu Tola village, Bhojpur (Bihar)
Sepoy Rajesh Kumar Singh of Jaunpur village (UP)
Sepoy K Vikas Janardhan of Pitas village, Yavatmal (Maharashtra) |
