Srinagar, Oct 25 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha paid floral tributes on Friday to the troopers and porters who have been killed in a terror assault in Gulmarg a day earlier than.
Sinha visited the Military’s Srinagar-based 15 Corps unit, also called Chinar Corps, to pay homage to the slain troopers and porters.
“Paid homage to the courageous troopers and Defence Porters who made the supreme sacrifice within the service to the nation in Butapathri Sector on October 24, 2024,” the LG stated in a put up on X.
He stated the nation will always remember their selfless service and supreme sacrifice.
“We stand in solidarity with the bereaved households,” he added.
Terrorists attacked an Military automobile six kilometres from the favored vacationer spot of Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday.
The ultras opened fireplace on the Military automobile within the Bota Pathri space within the night hours. The automobile was headed for the Nagin put up within the Affarwat vary.
Two Military porters and two troopers have been killed within the assault.
The Military has recognized the 2 slain troopers as Riflemen Kaisar Ahmad Shah and Jeevan Singh.
Officers stated the 2 porters have been Mushtaq Ahmed Choudhary and Zahoor Ahmad Mir, each residents of the Boniyar space of Uri.
NDA Utterly Failed To Set up Peace In J-Ok: Rahul Gandhi
The Congress on Friday slammed the NDA authorities on the Centre over the phobia assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gulmarg, saying its insurance policies had fully failed to ascertain safety and demanded that it ought to instantly take accountability in addition to guarantee the protection of Military personnel and civilians.
Two troopers and two Military porters have been killed within the assault on Thursday whereas one other porter and a soldier have been injured. Terrorists attacked a automobile of the drive six kilometres from the vacationer hotspot of Gulmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
The terrorists opened fireplace on the Military automobile within the Bota Pathri space when it was headed for the Nagin put up in Afrawat vary.
In a put up in Hindi on X, Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi stated, “The information of the martyrdom of our courageous troopers within the cowardly assault on an Military automobile in Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, is extraordinarily saddening. Two porters additionally misplaced their lives within the assault. I pay my tribute to the martyrs and categorical my deepest condolences to the bereaved households.” The insurance policies of the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) authorities on the Centre have fully failed to ascertain safety and peace in Jammu and Kashmir, he stated.
“Opposite to their claims, the fact is that the state resides below the shadow of hazard as a consequence of steady terrorist actions, assaults on our troopers and focused killings of civilians,” Gandhi stated.
The federal government ought to instantly take accountability and restore peace within the Valley on the earliest and make sure the security of the Military and civilians, he stated.
Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally condoled the lack of lives within the terror assault and stated no quantity of condemnation was sufficient for such acts of terror.
In a put up in Hindi on X, Priyanka Gandhi stated, “The information of the martyrdom of two troopers within the terrorist assault in Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, is extraordinarily saddening. Two porters have additionally misplaced their lives within the assault.” “My deepest condolences to the bereaved households. I want the injured a speedy restoration,” she stated.
Violence and terrorism are unacceptable in a civilised society and no quantity of condemnation is sufficient for this, Priyanka Gandhi stated.
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