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A wreath-laying ceremonial was connected Friday (January 23, 2026) held successful Jammu to wage tributes to 10 soldiers who mislaid their lives successful a roadworthy mishap on the Bhaderwah-Chamba interstate roadworthy successful Doda territory of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
The ceremonial was led by General Officer Commanding of White Knight Corps Lieutenant General P.K. Mishra and was attended by Army, Indian Air Force (IAF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), constabulary and civilian medication officers astatine method airport, the officials said.
General Officer Commanding of the Army's White Knight Corps Lt. Gen. P.K. Mishra, center, pays homage to martyrs during a wreath-laying ceremonial astatine the Air Force Station. | Photo Credit: PTI
They said wreaths were besides laid astatine the mortal remains of the soldiers connected behalf of Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha.
Inspector General of Police, Jammu zone, Bhim Sen Tuti and Inspector General of CRPF, Jammu, R. Gopal Krishna Rao besides laid wreath astatine the tricolour-draped coffins of the soldiers.
The mortal remains of the fallen soldiers — Monu of Bulandshehar-Hindom, Jobanjeet Singh (Roopnagar-Ambala), Mohit (Jhajjhar-Hindam), Shailendra Singh Bhadoriya (Morar-Gwalior), Samiran Singh (Jhargram-Kalaikonda), Pradumna Lohar (Purulia-Ranchi), Sudhir Narwal (Yamunagar – Ambala), Hare Ram Kumar (Bhojpur-Bihta), Ajay Lakra (Ranchi) and Rinkhil Baliyan (Hapur–Hindom) — are being dispatched to their location towns for past rites, the officials said.
An armoured conveyance of the Army carrying troops for an anti-terror cognition plunged into a heavy gorge astatine the 9,000-foot-high Khanni apical on the Bhaderwah-Chamba interstate roadworthy connected Thursday (January 22, 2026), resulting successful the decease of 10 soldiers and injuries to 11 others.
The Army’s Jammu-based White Knight Corps described the incidental arsenic “unfortunate” and said the conveyance slipped disconnected the roadworthy portion navigating treacherous terrain successful atrocious weather.
