Srinagar, Aug 1: Two army men were killed in a mine blast along Line of Control (LoC) in Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Army's Northern command spokesman based in Udhampur Colonel S D Goswami said a mine blast took place when an army men were patrolling along LoC in Kargil sector of J&K on July 29.
“Due to the effect of the blast, two army men, part of the patrol party, suffered grievous injuries. They were rushed to army hospital, where they succumbed to injuries,” he said.
The deceased army men were identified as Subedar Basappa Patil and Sepoy Hasansab Khudavan.
Col Goswami said Subedar Patil was a the patrol leader was sepoy Khudavan was leading scout.
Subedar Patil, who hails from village Khanajaon, Belgam in Karnataka, is survived by his wife Shakunthala, daughter Keerthy and son Prakash.
Sepoy Hasansab, who hails from village Saidapur, Dharwad in Karnataka and, is survived by his mother Zeenatbee Khudavand, father Imamsab Khudavand, younger sister Paravenvanu Khudavand and younger brother Mabusab Khudavand.
Goswami said wreath laying ceremony was held at Leh today. “During the ceremony, the two brave hearts were honoured by all ranks of 14 Corps”.
He said the mortal remains of the two army men are being flown to their native places where they will be accorded military funerals with full ceremonial honours.
“Army is proud of their bravery and professionalism and stands shoulder to shoulder with the families in their hour of grief,” added Goswami.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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RIP Soldiers .... You have made your parents proud...
Salute the heroes Basappa Patil and Hasan Saab. This shows that the sacrifice to country is superior than any other duty. India please do not fight on the basis of religion, caste etc. Ours is the only country without any turmoil. just look at other countries around the world including western countries like USA. Hate is everywhere in the world.
May the soul of departed rest in peace.
This is true Jihad.
Literal meaning of Jihad is struggle.
Generally used for who participate in the justified war.
But now a days unfortunately Jihadists are labeled for different category of people, where some are rightly and some are wrongly labeled.
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