In a moving display of respect and patriotism, students of Sant Ishwariye Bhartiya Vidya Mandir, Nainsu, gathered on Friday to honour the 10 Army jawans who lost their lives in a tragic road accident in Doda district.
Air Commodore A. Shridhar, Air Officer Commanding Jammu Air Force Station, Bhim Sen Tuti, IGP Jammu zone, and Lt. Gen P K Mishra, GOC White Knight Corps, among other fellow officers, laid a wreath during the wreath-laying ceremony.
The encounter between Naxalites and security forces went on for nearly 12 hours, during which three District Reserve Guard (DRG) jawans were killed in action.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Bijapur Jitendra Yadav said a joint search operation was launched in the West Bastar Division area by teams of District Reserve Guard (DRG) Dantewada-Bijapur, STF, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), during
Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed their condolences on the death of nine people, including eight Dantewada District Reserve Guards (DRG), who were killed after their vehicle was blown up by Naxals through an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district
According to Bastar Inspector General (IG) Sundarraj P, the jawans were returning from a joint operation of Dantewada, Narayanpur and Bijapur police when the blast occurred.
Meanwhile, the condition of two Narayanpur district police officials injured during an encounter with Naxals on Saturday is improving, the Inspector General of Police (IG) in Bastar Range of Chhattisgarh said.
Two Indian Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), jawans, who were injured in an IED blast executed by naxals, succumbed to their injuries and two jawans of Narayanpur district Police injured in the incident on Saturday, according to the Narayanpur district Police.
As many as nine soldiers of the Indian Army were killed and one was injured after their vehicle fell into a gorge in Ladakh, defence officials said on Saturday.