Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 31: A wreath laying ceremony was held on Sunday for two Army personnel, 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.
After the ceremony held at a garrison in Rajouri town at around 2 pm, 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 martyred and another critically injured when a landmine exploded near a forward post in Kalal area of Nowshera sector on Saturday.
The officials said the bodies were brought to the Army camp where a wreath laying ceremony was organised to pay homage to them.
Senior Army officials said the coffins wrapped in the tricolour were airlifted from Rajouri to Jammu in a helicopter.
Later, the body of Lt Kumar, a resident of Begusarai in Bihar, was moved to his hometown in a service aircraft.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh, who represents the Begusarai constituency in Parliament, is likely to receive the body at the airport and join the funeral prayers of the officer, officials said.
The body of Sepoy Manjit Singh was taken by road from Jammu to his village Khera Kotli in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab.
The last rites of both the personnel would be held with full honours, officials said.
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