Kanpur, Dec 25: The remains of two army personnel, Naik Karan Kumar and Naik Virendra Singh, who lost their lives in a terrorist ambush on Thursday in the Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, were brought to Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur and Uttarakhand’s Chamoli, respectively, on Monday. Naik Virendra Singh is a resident of Chamoli district, while Naik Karan Kumar is from Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district. Earlier in the day, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid tribute to two army personnel, Naik Virendra Singh and Rifleman Gautam Kumar, who lost their lives in a terrorist ambush on Thursday in the Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. CM Dhami also met the family members of the departed souls and consoled them for their irreparable loss. Four army personnel were killed and three others were injured on Thursday in the terror attack in the forest area of Dera ki Gali in the Rajouri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier, on Sunday, the four fallen soldiers, Naik Birender Singh, Rifleman Gautam Kumar, Naik Karan Kumar, and Rifleman Chandan Kumar, were accorded a tearful senf-off at a wreath-laying ceremony in Rajouri. |