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Mortal remains of Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand, who died during an cognition astatine Kanji successful Udhampur connected the nighttime of Sept. 19-20, during the wreath-laying ceremonial (PTI photo)
JAMMU: Indian Army and J&K constabulary Sunday paid floral tributes to a Lance Dafadar who laid down his beingness warring terrorists successful a distant wood country betwixt Doda and Udhampur districts Friday evening. Search operations continued for the 3rd consecutive time connected Sunday to way down the terrorists holed up successful the forest.Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand was critically injured erstwhile terrorists opened occurrence connected a associated hunt enactment of Army and police’s Special Operations Group successful the Seoj Dhar wood betwixt Udhampur and Doda districts. He succumbed to his injuries astatine a hospital.An Army White Knight Corps spokesperson posted connected X: “Honouring the valour of Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand, the Chief of Staff, WhiteKnightCorps, laid a wreath successful tribute to the braveheart.
His ultimate sacrifice stands arsenic a beacon of courageousness and duty, inspiring aboriginal generations.”In his condolences, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said, “Salute to the indomitable courageousness of braveheart Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand, who made the ultimate sacrifice for the federation during the anti-terror cognition successful Udhampur. The grateful federation volition everlastingly beryllium indebted to his valour and unwavering committedness to duty.”
Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban Range DIG, Shridhar Patil, on with respective civilian officers, besides attended the ceremonial and paid their tributes to the fallen soldier.“A monolithic hunt cognition backed by drones and sniffer dogs resumed this greeting astir the brushwood site, with the cordon further strengthened by further reinforcements to hint and destruct the hiding terrorists,” an authoritative said.
