Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday led senior officers of the Army, police and civil administration in paying tributes to the Army personnel killed in the militant attack in Samba. Omar laid a floral wreath on the coffin carrying body of soldier Inder Singh at a ceremony held at Technical area of Jammu Airport in the morning.
Senior officers of army, police and civil administration also laid wreaths on the soldier, who was killed in an attack on Army camp at Samba on Thursday. The officers included General Officer Commanding of 9 Corps of the Army Lt General P Bakshi, Director General of Police Ashok Prasad and Divisional Commissioner Jammu Shantmanu, the spokesman said.
The body of Singh has been flown to Jaipur from where the local army formation will take it to native village of the deceased for last rites. The body of Lt Col Bikramjeet Singh, who was killed in the attack, has already been flown to Chandigarh.
He is survived by his wife and an eight-year-old daughter. His body reached Chandimandir by a helicopter around 6 pm on Thursday
On Thursday, the terrorists stormed the 16 Cavalry unit, entered the officers' mess and as they tried to get on to the roof Lt Colonel Bikramjeet Singh came out of his flat where he lives with his wife and daughter. As he came out he was shot point blank in the chest and received 2 bullet injuries. He was airlifted to hospital but he succumbed to his injuries.
His daughter was at school at the time of the incident while the wife was an eyewitness to the attack.
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