The kids had been held up by locals as an enormous crowd gathered to pay final respects.
New Delhi:
The six-year-old son of Colonel Manpreet Singh, one of many three killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Kashmir’s Anantnag, donned army camouflage whereas he supplied a salute because the physique of his father reached dwelling in Mullanpur of Mohali district in Punjab. His two-year-old sister stood alongside, mimicking the salute, the 2 seemingly unaware of the tragedy that had befallen the household. The kids had been held up by locals as an enormous crowd gathered to pay final respects to the braveheart.
Col Manpreet Singh’s spouse, sister, mom, and different relations had been inconsolable, visuals from the spot confirmed.
#WATCH | Son of Col. Manpreet Singh salutes earlier than the mortal stays of his father who laid down his life within the service of the nation throughout an anti-terror operation in J&Okay’s Anantnag on thirteenth September
The final rites of Col. Manpreet Singh will happen in Mullanpur… pic.twitter.com/LpPOJCggI2
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Colonel Manpreet Singh, 41, commanding officer of the 19 Rashtriya Rifles (19 RR) and a recipient of the celebrated Sena Medal (Gallantry), died of gunshot wounds on Wednesday night time, after the military and police had launched a joint operation in response to particular intelligence about terrorists.
Three personnel, together with the colonel, a significant, and a deputy superintendent of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, had been killed within the gunfight with terrorists within the increased reaches of the Kokorenag space within the valley on Wednesday.
The physique of Main Ashish Dhonchak, who led a search column together with Colonel Singh and moved by means of the entrants and rugged terrain of the forests once they caught heavy fireplace, was additionally dropped at his native village in Panipat as hundreds of mourners joined the grieving household and officers for his last journey.
The physique reached his dwelling within the Panipat city this morning and was taken to his native Binjhol village in an Military automobile, the place the final rites had been performed after a wreath-laying ceremony and a gun salute.
It took almost three hours for the funeral procession to cowl a distance of about eight km from the foremost’s dwelling within the city to succeed in his Binjhol village, as mourners gathered to bid him a tearful adieu.
The funeral of 33-year-old Himayun Muzamil Bhat, a deputy superintendent with Jammu and Kashmir Police, in Budgam on Wednesday additionally noticed a big gathering. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and police chief Dilbag Singh paid tribute to the police officer.
