J&K CM Mehbooba pays tribute to 17 soldiers killed in Uri attack

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday laid wreaths on the coffins of 17 soldiers martyred in Sunday’s fidayeen attack in Uri town.

A wreath laying function was held inside the Badami Bagh headquarters of the Army’s 15 Corps. Senior army and civil administration officials also attended the ceremony.

The bodies of the martyred soldiers will be flown to their native places in different states of the country.

The names of the soldiers martyred were released.

They are –

1) Subedar Karnail Singh

2) Havaldar Ravi Paul

3) Sepoy Javra Munda

4) Sepoy Rakesh Singh

5)Sepoy Uike Janrao

6)Sepoy Naiman Kujur

7) Havaldar N.S. Rawat

8)Sepoy Ganesh Shankar

9) Naik S.K. Vidarthi

10)Sepoy Biswajit

11) Lance Naik G. Shankar

12) Sepoy G.Dalai

13) Lance Naik R.K. Yadav

14) Sepoy T.S. Somnath

15) Sepoy Rajesh Kumar

16) Havaldar Ashok Kumar Singh

17) Harinder Yadav