Cremated with military honours
NL Correspondent
Jammu Tawi, Nov 11
An Army soldier was killed on Sunday by a Pakistani sniper along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, the third fatal casualty due to sniping from across the border in three days, officials said.
The soldier, manning a forward post in Kalal area of Noushera sector, was shot by a Pakistani sniper, resulting in his death, they said.
The officials said Indian troops guarding the border retaliated strongly and effectively and the exchange of fire between the two sides continued for some time.
On Saturday, a soldier was killed after he was hit by a sniper in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district.
Rifleman Varun Kattal, 21, a resident of Mawa-Rajpura area of Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, was shot dead by a Pakistani sniper in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district, triggering an exchange of fire between the two sides which also left two BSF personnel injured.
An Army portar lost his life in a similar attack in Akhnoor sector a day earlier.
A wreath-laying ceremony was held for Rifleman Varun Kattal at Akhnoor military station here today where senior army officers and jawans paid floral tributes and laid wreath at his mortal remains, they said.
The 21-year-old soldier was killed while guarding the LoC in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district Saturday.
He was critically injured by a Pakistani sniper from across the border and later succumbed at a military hospital.
The body of the soldier was taken to his Mawa-Rajpura village, where hundreds of mourners joined his parents and other relatives to bid tearful adieu to him, the officials said.
Senior police and civil officers and politicians also joined the funeral procession to pay their tributes to the deceased.
The body of the deceased was consigned to flames with full military honours amid slogan shouting in praise for his sacrifice and the nation, they said. (With inputs from Agencies)
