J-K: Wreath-laying ceremony held for 5 Army personnel killed in Poonch encounter

By ANI | Published: October 13, 2021 03:51 AM2021-10-13T03:51:36+5:302021-10-13T04:00:07+5:30

The wreath-laying ceremony was held in Rajouri on Tuesday to pay tributes to five Indian soldiers, who died in a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector on Monday.

J-K: Wreath-laying ceremony held for 5 Army personnel killed in Poonch encounter | J-K: Wreath-laying ceremony held for 5 Army personnel killed in Poonch encounter

J-K: Wreath-laying ceremony held for 5 Army personnel killed in Poonch encounter

The wreath-laying ceremony was held in Rajouri on Tuesday to pay tributes to five Indian soldiers, who died in a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector on Monday.

Naib Subedar Jaswinder Singh, Naik Mandeep Singh, Sepoys Gajjan Singh, Saraj Singh and Vaisakh H had lost their lives during an operation in Shahadra, Thanamandi, Rajouri on Monday.

An encounter broke out in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Monday morning in which a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and four jawans of the Indian Army were injured in anti-terrorist operations and later lost their lives.

( With inputs from ANI )

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