Tributes paid to Naik Chandra Singh

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, November 26

Rich tributes were paid to Naik Chandra Singh of the Army’s 133 Rashtriya Rifles at a wreath-laying ceremony held at Badami Bagh Cantonment today.

It came a day after Naik Chandra Singh’s death during an anti-militancy operation in Bandipora district.

Lt Gen JS Sandhu, GOC of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps also known as Chinar Corps, led all ranks in paying tributes to the soldier by laying a floral wreath at his body this morning.

Naik Chandra Singh was critically injured in an encounter with militants in a village near Naidkhai in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Friday morning. Two militants were killed by the security forces in the incident. The injured Naik Chandra Singh was taken to Military Hospital where he succumbed to his injures, an Army spokesman said.

The body of the soldier is being sent to his native place in Uttarakhand, where he will be laid to rest with full military honours, the spokesman added.

While expressing condolences to the bereaved family on behalf of the Army, Lt General Sandhu assured that all necessary assistance would be provided to them in the future.