Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, army chief Bipin Rawat pay tribute to captain killed in Pakistani shelling
An army officer and three jawans were killed and four people, including two teenagers, injured on Sunday in heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts
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Four Indian soldiers, including a 22-year-old Indian Army officer Captain Kapil Kundu, were killed and four others injured on Sunday in Pakistani firing in Kashmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts. Kundu was given a military funeral in New Delhi, in the presence of army chief Bipin Rawat and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. PTI
Captain Kundu's mortal remains were brought to AFS Palam in New Delhi on Monday. His sister mourns while paying tribute to him. Family members remember him as a youth full of life, who was not just a brilliant student but also very patriotic. He hailed from Haryana's Gurugram. PTI
General Bipin Singh Rawat paid his tribute to the slain officer. Kundu is survived by his mother and two sisters. He lost his father at an early age. Kundu would have turned 23 on Saturday. PTI
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also paid tribute to Kundu. He was commissioned in National Defence Academy (NDA) in 2012. PTI
Havildar Roshan Lal was also one of the four soldiers killed in the Pakistani shelling. Relatives and family members of Lal (43) mourn during his funeral ceremony at his native village Nachlah in Samba, about 60 kilometres from Jammu on Monday. Lal was given a 21-gun salute and a military funeral. PTI
Daughter and father of Lal, who was killed along the LoC in the shelling from Pakistan side on Sunday. The others who lost their lives were Riflemen Ramavatar, 27, from Baraka village in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior and Subham Singh, 23 from Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua. PTI