SHAHEED

NAIK SURJEET SINGH

RIFLEMAN RATTAN CHAND

NAIK JUGAL KISHORE

HAVILDAR ABDUL KARIM

HAVILDAR DALER SINGH BAHU

RIFLEMAN MOHAMMAD FARID

RIFLEMAN MOHAMMAD ASLAM

Last rites of 7 martyrs performed

JAMMU, July 7 (PTI) — The mortal remains of seven martyrs of 12 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLI), who laid down their lives fighting intruders in the Batalik sub-sector in Kargil, were cremated and buried at their native places.

The bodies were received by Minister for Industries and Commerce Bodh Raj Bali, Minister of Sheep Husbandry, S.S. Slathia, Army Station Commander, Brig I.P. Singh, Air Force Commander Capt S.K. Sharma at the Jammu technical airport yesterday.

The bodies received include those of Naik Jugal Kishore of Jhalas village in Poonch district, rifleman Mohammad Farid of Kah-Chamala village in Rajouri district, rifleman Mohammad Aslam of Kalar Md village in Poonch, Havildar Daler Singh Bahu of Pallanwala village in Akhnoor tehsil, Havildar Abdul Karim of a village in Udhampur district, rifleman Rattan Chand of Nandpur village in Samba tehsil and Naik Surjeet Singh of Samilpur village of Jammu district.

Later, the bodies of all martyrs were taken to their respective native places for performing the last rites with full military honours.