Assistance to Families of Martyred Soldiers of Indian Military

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Jammu, October 04, 2017 18:05 IST
Updated: October 04, 2017 18:05 IST

An Army Major was killed and three other officers, including a colonel, were injured when the car they were travelling in skidded off the Jammu-Poonch highway here today, police said.

Their car hit a tree around 03.30 a.m. today at the Thati-Gharota area in Jammu district, they said.

An officer identified as Major Ashish died on the spot and a colonel and two other majors were injured and have been hospitalised, police said.

Police has registered a case.

 

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BSF assistant sub inspector Brij Kishore Yadav, hailed from Kamalchak in Bhagalpur district of Bihar, was killed in a militant attack on a camp in Srinagar on Tuesday.
india Updated: Oct 04, 2017 20:13 IST
Indo Asian News Service, Patna

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers carry the coffin of their fallen colleague during a wreath laying ceremony in Humhama, on the outskirts of Srinagar. (Waseem Andrabi/HT Photo)

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A day after BSF ASI Brij Kishore Yadav was killed in a militant attack in Srinagar, his daughter Sushma Kumari on Wednesday said 100 Pakistani terrorists should be killed to compensate for her father’s supreme sacrifice for the country.

“We want 100 Pakistani terrorists’ heads for my father’s sacrifice,” Sushma said.

She said until the Indian government avenged her father’s killing while repulsing an attack on the 182 Battalion camp of the Border Security Force near Srinagar Airport in Jammu and Kashmir earlier Tuesday morning, any talks were useless for her.

“We want strong action against Pakistani terrorists,” she said.

She said her family as well as residents of the family’s native village Kamalchak in Bhagalpur district of Bihar were proud of her father’s sacrifice.

The 50-year-old assistant sub inspector, who owned a house in Sahebganj in Jharkhand, was to be cremated at Kamalchak village on Wednesday evening.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has announced a compensation of Rs 11 lakh to Yadav’s family and his cremation with full state honours.

Suicide attackers of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group stormed the BSF camp with guns and explosives on Tuesday, triggering a gunfight that left all three attackers and the trooper dead.

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad expressed his condolences to the bereaved family.

Border Security Force (BSF) personnel carry the coffin of Brij Kishore Yadav, a 50-year-old assistant sub-inspector killed in the militant attack in Srinagar, during a wreath-laying ceremony on Wednesday. (Waseem Andrabi/HT Photo)

BSF officer Brij Kishore Yadav who was killed in Srinagar on Tuesday.

Border Security Force officer Brij Kishore Yadav, who was killed on Tuesday when militants tried to storm a paramilitary base close to Srinagar airport, was to come home on leave on November 17, his family said.

The 50-year-old BSF officer, survived by his wife and three children, is the latest in a long list of soldiers from the mineral-rich state to have died fighting militants in Jammu and Kashmir.

The assistant sub-inspector, who was from Jharkhand’s Sahebganj, had spoken to the family a few hours before militants struck the high-security area at around 4.15am.

He said his leave had been sanctioned and he would be home on November 17, his daughter Sushma Kumari said.

“He sounded happy and was excited. Not in our wildest dreams did we think that it was the last conversation we would have with him,” said the 18-year-old, struggling to fight tears.

Her mother, Ripi Devi, was in shock and flitting in and out of consciousness as neighbours and relatives gathered at their home to offer condolences.

The news of Yadav’s death was broken to the family, which lives in a neighbourhood along the banks of the Ganga in Sahebganj town, by his elder brother Raj Kishore.

Kishore is with the Central Reserve Police Force and is posted in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer.

Family members show a photograph of slain BSF officer Brij Kishore Yadav who died in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. (HT Photo)
Sushma said her father was posted in the border state for seven years and visited them last in March.

Her elder sister, Sandhya Kumari, is married while their older brother, Abhisekh Kishore, is a student of engineering in Bengaluru.

The family originally hails from Bihar’s Bhagalpur district but Yadav, the third among eight siblings, moved to Sahebganj few years ago.

Senior officials from the police and local administration visited the family on Tuesday evening, assuring it of all possible support.

Last year, at least four jawans from Jharkhand died fighting militants in Jammu and Kashmir.

 

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Five IAF personnel, including two pilots, and two armymen were killed when the Mi-17 V5 chopper crashed on Friday morning in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.
india Updated: Oct 08, 2017 22:08 IST
Press Trust of India

The Army’s Additional Directorate General of Public Information tweeted that the carriage of the mortal remains in body bags, wooden boxes and coffins will be ensured.(Photo: Twitter/@adgpi)


Two days after seven military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash in Tawang, purported images of their bodies being transferred in cardboard boxes surfaced on Sunday, triggering an outrage.

This prompted the Army to come out with a tweet saying the wrapping of the bodies with local resources was an “aberration” and that the fallen soldiers are always given full military honour.

“Seven young men stepped out into the sunshine yesterday to serve their motherland, India. This is how they came home,” tweeted former Northern Army commander Lt Gen (Retd) HS Panag, along with the images of the bodies.

Reacting to the issue, the Army’s Additional Directorate General of Public Information tweeted that the carriage of the mortal remains in body bags, wooden boxes and coffins will be ensured.

“Fallen soldiers (are) always given full military honour. Carriage of mortal remains in body bags, wooden boxes,coffins will be ensured,” it said.

It said wrapping the bodies in local resources was an “aberration”.

The photographs were taken when the bodies were in Guwahati, as per an official.

Lt Gen (Retd) Panag said proper military body bags must be used to transport bodies from forward locations until ceremonial coffins were available.

Several people on twitter also expressed their anguish after the images surfaced.

Five IAF personnel, including two pilots, and two armymen were killed when the Mi-17 V5 chopper crashed on Friday morning in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.

 

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Solider killed in firing

In a separate incident in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, one solider was killed when militants opened fire on security forces in forest area if Drung on Sunday night.

The Army spokesman said the soldier was injured in a brief encounter and succumbed to his injuries later. The affiliation of the attackers remain unknown. The deceased was identified as Subedar Raj Kumar (47). His mortal remains were shifted to his native place in Himachal Pradesh.

 

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Ministry of Defence
11-October, 2017 18:51 IST
Two IAF Garuds Martyred During Combined Cordon and Search Operation in J&K

Two Indian Air Force Garuds, part of a joint security team were martyred in a gunfight during Combined Cordon and Search Operation today in Hajin Village of Bandipora district, Kashmir. The Garuds were operating with the Army.

On the night of 10 Oct, an Intelligence report was received by Army, which conveyed that 5-6 terrorists were hiding in a house in Hajin village. The joint team laid a cordon around the house today at 0400 h. Terrorists ran out of the house lobbing grenades and firing indiscriminately towards the cordon party. Two terrorists firing indiscriminately ran towards the position of Garuds who challenged them and killed two terrorists. In the intense operation two IAF Garuds {Sergeant Khairnar Milind Kishor and Corporal Nilesh Kumar Nayan} sustained serious multiple bullet injuries and were evacuated to Base Hospital, Srinagar where they succumbed to the injuries and were martyred.

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Updated: Oct 11, 2017 20:54 IST
Press Trust of India, New Delhi

Army personnel carrying the coffin of Sepoy E Balaji, who was killed in an Indian Air Force helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh, during his last rites at Kolapakkam, Chennai on Monday. (PTI)


An appeal seeking voluntary contribution of minimum Rs 200 has been issued to government employees by the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare for welfare and rehabilitation of martyrs’ families.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has forwarded the appeal to all the government ministries, an official order said.

There are about 49.26 lakh central government employees.

The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, under the Defence Ministry, has been working for the welfare and rehabilitation of war widows, wards of martyred soldiers and ex-servicemen (ESM) by providing financial assistance for their identified personal needs such as medical grant and orphan/disabled children grant.

This financial assistance is provided out of the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund (AFFDF) for which contributions are received from the general public on the Armed Forces Flag Day (AFFD) which is celebrated on December 7 every year.

“All citizens of India are requested to take the opportunity on this Flag Day on December 7, to connect with the cause of war-widows, ESM, wards of the martyred soldiers and contribute generously to the AFFDF in solidarity with our soldiers and their next of kin/dependents,” the appeal said.

The contributions to the AFFDF are exempt from income tax, it said.

“DoPT is requested to kindly solicit the cooperation of the staff/officers of all ministries/departments to voluntarily donate a minimum amount of Rs 200 out of their salaries for the month of November 2017 so that the amount so collected is available before the Flag Day,” the Department of ESM said in the order.

The request seeking voluntary contribution has been sent to all government ministries and departments by the DoPT.

 

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Two Garud commandos of the Indian Air Force (IAF), who were training with the local Rashtriya Rifles unit, were martyred in an encounter with Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in Bandipora district on Wednesday morning. In this picture, IAF officers carry the mortal remains of martyrs of IAF Garud Commandos for onward journey to his native place for last rites from Air Force 12 Wing in Chandigarh on Thursday, October 12 2017. (Source: Express photo)

Air Vice-Marshal SK Jha, AOC adv HQ WAC (Rt) and Air Commodore A Saklani (left) paying homage to two IAF Garud Commandos at a wreath laying ceremony in Chandigarh on Thursday after Garud commandos attained martyrdom in encounter with militants in Srinagar, October 12 2017. (Source: Express photo)

An officer from Garud, the commando force at Air Force 12 wing, paying tribute to the martyr. (Source: Express photo)

Family members of the martyred IAF Garud Commandos at Air Force 12 Wing in Chandigarh on Thursday, October 12 2017. (Source: Express photo)

Air Commodore A Saklani paying homage to martyred IAF Garud Commando Sgt K Milind Kishore at Air Force 12 Wing in Chandigarh on Thursday. (Source: Express photo)

Tribute from the colleagues to the martyred Garud comandos at Air Force 12 Wing in Chandigarh on Thursday, October 12 2017. (Source: Express photo)

The mortal remains of martyr Sgt Milind Kishore being carried by the Garud comandos for onward journey to his native place for last rites from Air Force 12 Wing in Chandigarh on Thursday, October 12 2017. (Source: Express photo)

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The year 2017 has seen a sharp increase in ceasefire violations by Pakistan.
india Updated: Oct 12, 2017 21:09 IST
Press Trust of India, Jammu

Indian Army jawans patrolling at the Line of Control (LOC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.(PTI File Photo)

An Army jawan and a porter were killed and six others injured when Pakistani troops fired small arms on forward areas along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district.

“The Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked and indiscriminate firing of small arms and automatics from 1035 hours in Krishnagati sector along the Line of Control (LoC),” a defence spokesperson said here.

The Indian Army retaliated strongly and effectively. The exchange of fire is on, he said.

During firing, Sepoy T K Reddy (21) and Defence Porter Mohd Zahir (22) suffered serious injuries and died, the spokesperson said.

He said six other personnel, including a defence porter, were also injured and are undergoing treatment.

Reddy belonged to Obulapuram village in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district. He is survived by his mother.

Zahir belonged to Kalali village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, he said.

Sepoy Reddy was a brave and sincere soldier and Zahir was an honest and dedicated worker, he said adding that the nation will always remain indebted to them for their supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty.

On October 6, Pakistani troops had opened fire on Baba Khori and other areas in Rajouri district, and on October 4, three Army jawans were injured in unprovoked and indiscriminate firing in the Poonch sector.

An Army jawan was killed in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the LoC in Poonch on October 3.

In a ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the LoC in Poonch on October 3 an Army jawan was killed, a day after two minors died and 12 civilians were injured in cross-border shelling.

The year 2017 has seen a sharp increase in ceasefire violations by Pakistan.

 

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The Bandipora encounter in Kashmir in which two Indian Air Force commandos were killed on Wednesday has turned the focus on the IAF’s elite Garud commando force.

The two commandos were killed in an encounter during a cordon-and-search operation in Bandipora’s Hajin village. Sergeant K. Milind Kishor, 33, had joined the IAF in 2002. He was from Maharashtra. Corporal Nilesh Kumar Nayan, 31, who joined the force in 2005 was from Bihar.

 

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T. Ramakrishna Reddy being laid to rest with full military honours at Obulapuram in Prakasam district . | Photo Credit: Kommuri Srinivas


He died in an encounter with terrorists in J&K

Jawan T. Ramakrishna Reddy, who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, was laid to rest in his native Obulapuram village, near Giddalur in Prakasam district on Saturday.

He is survived by his parents and a sister.

Giddalur MLA M. Ashok Reddy, District Collector V. Vinay Chand and Superintendent of Police B. Satya Yesu Babu joined a large number of people, including ex-servicemen, who attended the funeral held with full military honours.

Mourning the death of the 21-year-old, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu announced an ex gratia of ₹10 lakh to the family of the deceased soldier.

The district administration would provide 300 square yards of land to the next of kin of the soldier and a job to a family member, the Collector announced after paying his last respects.

 

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Press Trust of India, Srinagar, Oct 18 2017, 19:14 IST

Militants shot dead a special police officer (SPO) in Tral area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir today, police said.

The ultras fired at SPO Haleem Gujjar at his residence in Gutroo village of Tral area, 36 kms from here, killing him on the spot, a police official said.

The militants escaped from the scene after carrying out the attack, he said, adding a manhunt has been launched for the assailants.

 

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BSF officer, who was hit by van occupied by ‘cattle smugglers’, dies at kolkata hospital
“Mandal is survived by wife and two son,” said BSF Tripura DIG D P Singh.

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By: Express News Service | Kolkata | Published:October 21, 2017 4:17 am

A BSF commander, who was run over by a pick-up van occupied by suspected cattle smugglers along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, succumbed to his injuries at Medica Superspecialty Hospital on Friday. Second-in-command rank officer Deepak Kumar Mandal, belonging to the 145th battalion, was brought to Kolkata for treatment following the incident on October 15.

BSF officials said Mandal was on night patrol duty at the unfenced area along the border. “He saw the pick-up van around 2 am at Belardeppa border in Tripura’s Sepahijala district. Suspecting that the occupants of the vans were cattle smugglers, Mandal got down from his car and tried to stop them. The driver of the van run him over. He breathed his last at 11:45 am today,” said an official. “Mandal is survived by wife and two son,” said BSF Tripura DIG D P Singh.

Deepak K Mondal, commanding the 145th battalion of the border guarding force was air evacuated to Kolkata on October 16 due to critical injuries. ANI

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As many as 383 police personnel, including 56 belonging to the Border Security Force and 42 from Jammu and Kashmir, have laid down their lives in the line of duty in the last one year, director of Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Jain said on Saturday.

Addressing the Police Commemoration Day, where home minister Rajnath Singh led the nation in paying tribute to martyrs of police forces, Jain said the 383 police personnel were killed while performing various duties across the country from September 2016 to August 2017.

Among these police personnel, 76 belonged to the Uttar Pradesh Police, 56 belonged to the BSF, 49 were from the CRPF, 42 from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, 23 belonged to Chhattisgarh, 16 were from West Bengal, 13 each belonged to Delhi and the CISF, 12 each were from Bihar and Karnataka and 11 from the ITBP.

Majority of the police personnel died while dealing with cross-border firing from Pakistan, fighting militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, Naxals and other law and order duties.

The day is observed to pay homage to 10 policemen killed in firing by Chinese troops in 1959 and 34,400 others who laid down their lives protecting India’s unity and integrity.

Observed as ‘Police Commemoration Day’, October 21 commemorates the sacrifices of the 10 policemen while defending India’s borders with China in 1959, a statement issued by the Home Ministry said.

The Indian police personnel were responsible for manning the 2,500 mile-long border of India with Tibet until the autumn of 1959. On October 20, 1959, three reconnaissance parties were launched from Hot Springs in North Eastern Ladakh in preparation for further movement of an Indian expedition which was on its way to Lanak La.

While members of two parties returned to Hot Springs, the third one comprising two police constables and a porter did not return, the statement said. The remaining forces were mobilised next morning in search of the missing personnel.

A party of about 20 police personnel led by Karam Singh, a Deputy Central Intelligence Officer (DCIO) rank officer, proceeded on horseback while others followed on foot in three sections. At mid-day, the Chinese Army personnel were seen on a hillock who opened fire and threw grenades at the Indian party, the statement said.

Since there was no cover, most personnel were injured. Ten of the brave police personnel were killed and seven others sustained injuries in the incident. Bodies of the 10 personnel were returned by the Chinese on November 13, three weeks after the incident.

The bodies were then cremated with full police honours at Hot Springs in Ladakh.

The annual conference of Inspectors General of Police of States and Union Territories held in January, 1960 decided that October 21 would, henceforth, be observed as ‘Commemoration Day’ in all police lines in the country to mark the memory of these gallant personnel, the statement said.

It was also decided to erect a memorial at Hot Springs, and that members of police forces from different parts of the country trek to Hot Springs every year to pay homage to the gallant martyrs.

Since independence, 34,418 police personnel have sacrificed their lives for safeguarding the integrity of the nation and providing security to people of this country, the statement said.

 

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Ministry of Home Affairs
22-October, 2017 16:03 IST
BSF organised Half Marathon 2017: Run For Martyrs

The BSF Half Marathon-2017 - in the memory of martyrs was flagged-off by the Minister of State for Youth Affairs (I/C) & Sports and Information and Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore here today.

The marathon received overwhelming response of residents of Delhi and participants who registered to run for the cause. Total 4865 participants registered for the run. In addition, BSF Prahari Pariwar participated in large numbers. Shri Rathore paid tribute to the martyrs of the force and flagged-off half marathon.

Other segment of the race 05 Kilometer run was flagged-off by the MoS (Home) Shri Kiren Rijiju. Shri Rijiju also participated in the run for martyrs with DG BSF Shri K K Sharma and other force members including members of BWWA.

The BSF Half Marathon had the support of Padma Shri Ms P T Usha, Golden Girl of Indian Athletics, Padma Bhusan Shri Abhinav Bindra, Olympian Ace shooter, Arjuna Awardee Shri Amit Luthra, Golfer and Ms Swara Bhasker, Film Actress and all of them graced the occasion.

BSF Half Marathon had the support of Shri Virat Kohli, Md Shami and Yusuf Pathan who supported the cause by their social media posts. Shri Akshay Kumar has also supported BSF Half Marathon 2017 run for Martyrs. The Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Dr. Satya Pal Singh and Ms Sonalman Singh famous classic dancer were present during honouring the winners.

In the function, the family members of martyrs were also felicitated. All trophies and prizes were dedicated to force martyrs. Medals and certificates were distributed to all the participants.

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Google Maps image shows the Hajin area of J&K’s Bandipora district.

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Militants open fire during a search operation at Mir Mohalla village in Bandipora district’s Hajin area.
A Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel was killed in Bandipora’s Hajin as security forces engaged a group of Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in a gunfight on Sunday.

The gunfight broke out at Mir Mohalla village when a joint team of the Army’s 13 Rashtriya Rifles, the CRPF’s 45 Battalion and the police’s SOG cordoned off the area “following specific information about the presence of two militants.”

The search party came under heavy fire from the hiding militants “who opened indiscriminate fire.” “The fire fight continued for several hours. However, the militants managed to escape from the area,” said a police official.

In the gunfight, constable Zaheer Ahmad Khan sustained fatal injuries. “Khan was shifted to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead,” said the police.

 

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http://www.deccanherald.com/content/640660/bsf-jawan-killed-pak-firing.html
Zulfikar Majid, Srinagar, DH News Service, Nov 3 2017, 0:37 IST

A BSF trooper was killed as Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing on border out posts in Samba sector along the International Border in Jammu district on Wednesday.

A police official said that Constable Tapan Mondal of 173 Battalion BSF was critically injured when Pakistani troops fired near the Manguchak post around 9.30 am.

The trooper, who was hit on the head, was immediately evacuated to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.

The official said that the soldiers manning the fence retaliated and gave a befitting reply to the Pakistani firing.

Mondal (25) hailed from Murshidabad district in West Bengal and is survived by his mother.

On Tuesday, a teenage girl was injured after the Pakistan army fired using small arms along the Line of Control in Poonch district. Ceasefire violations and sniper attacks by Pakistani troops are on the rise over the past several months.

As many as 600 ceasefire violations have been reported till the start of this month, in which nine civilians and 16 security personnel have lost their lives. The number of violations was significantly less at 228 for the entire 2016, according to figures released by the army.

Due to the rising tensions between the armies of the two countries, the cross-LoC bus and trade services between Poonch-Rawalakot route has remained suspended since July 10. Residents of Poonch, engaged in barter trade between the two sides, have claimed that they suffered an estimated loss of Rs 63 crore following the trade suspension.

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Two army troopers and a militant were killed in an encounter in Pampore area of south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday.

A police officer said a joint team of the army's 50 Rashtriya Rifles, a special operations group of the state police and paramilitary CRPF, acting on a tip off, cordoned off Samboora area of Pampore.

"As the team intensified the searches and fired some warning shots towards a suspected spot, the hiding militants, believed to be two to three in number, opened fire, triggering an encounter," he said. In the ensuing gunfight, a militant was killed and two armymen received injuries, he said.

On Wednesday, six paramilitary CRPF personnel were injured when militants attacked their vehicle in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.

By: PTI | Jammu | Published:November 2, 2017 7:42 pm

BSF constable Tapan Mondal lost his life during ceasefire violation by Pakistan. (Source: Twitter/ ANI photo)

The militants opened fire as the security forces were conducting searches in Sampora Pampore in South Kashmir.(PTI File Photo)

 

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The wife of BSF constable Tapan Mondal, who was killed in Thursday’s Pakistani firing, grieves at their residence in Berhampore village of West Bengal on Friday.
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The deceased soldiers were identified as Sepoy Suraj Singh Topal, 25, and Sigmn Kushwah Pradip Singh Brijkishor Singh, 22. The bodies were flown to their hometowns for last rites .

In Pulwama, a shutdown was observed on November 3 after the encounter. There were sporadic clashes between security forces and protesters. Train service also remained suspended.