The country on Tuesday bid tearful adieu to the 18 bravehearts who were martyred in the deadly terrorist attack in Uri. The mortal remains of the soldiers reached their ancestral places for their last rites on Tuesday. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, senior Army and police officials on Monday paid tributes to the martyrs at the army headquarters in Badamibagh.
Here are the live updates:
Balia (UP): Last rites of Lance naik RK Yadav who lost his life in #UriAttacks pic.twitter.com/vHvUClcepV
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 20, 2016
Rajawa village (Rajasthan): Last rites of havildar NS Rawat who lost his life in #UriAttacks. pic.twitter.com/dZDAsANOvm
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
Bihar: Havildar Ashok Kumar Singh’s son at his last rites ceremony in Bhojpur. pic.twitter.com/UouyHiHVVv
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
Bhojpur, Bihar: Last rites of havaldar Ashok Kumar Singh, who lost his life during #UriAttacks pic.twitter.com/rXDeQRKR4q
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
Bhojpur, Bihar: Last rites of havaldar Ashok Kumar Singh, who lost his life during #UriAttacks pic.twitter.com/UArFVeuiCR
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
"Wanted to study in IIT Delhi,but now I'm not sure," says young daughter of slain soldier SK Vidyarthi as family mourns his death #UriAttack pic.twitter.com/lgDcgzQOWE
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Maharashtra: Wife of Lance Naik G Shankar (who lost his life in #UriAttack) pays her last tribute, Last rites ceremony underway in Satara pic.twitter.com/oWvZuGDoFp
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Maharashtra: Mortals remains of Lance Naik G Shankar who lost his life in #UriAttack brought to Satara. Last rites ceremony underway. pic.twitter.com/3BuIaf4Dq3
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh): Last rites of soldier Rajesh Kumar who lost his life in #UriAttack (Sep 19) pic.twitter.com/Mtle4L3T9g
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 20, 2016
Maharashtra: Mortals remains of Lance Naik G Shankar who lost his life in #UriAttack brought to Satara for last rites ceremony. pic.twitter.com/oULnnqq1x6
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
Rajasthan: Mortal remains of Havildar N S Rawat who lost his life in #UriAttack being taken to his native village from Bhim pic.twitter.com/yQo6eWKdI6
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
#PM ji aisa kaam kare ke Pakistan ko uske kiye ki saza mil jaye, taaki shaheed jawano ki aatma ko shanti mile: Kin of Sepoy Ganesh Shankar.
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Sant Kabir Nagar (UP): Family members mourn death of Sepoy Ganesh Shankar who lost his life in #UriAttack. pic.twitter.com/5WhHg5V5sN
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 20, 2016
Mortal remains of Sepoy K Vikas Janardhan who lost his life in #UriAttack brought to Nagpur, will now be taken to Yavatmal for last rites pic.twitter.com/D4nJfLRJtM
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
Puri (Odisha): Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik pays tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives in #UriAttack through his sand art pic.twitter.com/mHCTtEcM7M
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
Gun salutes paid to Sepoy Gangadhar Dalui (who lost his life in #UriAttack) during his last rite in Howrah (early morning visuals) pic.twitter.com/oNA2urObhF
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
Howrah (WB): Last rites of Sepoy Gangadhar Dalui who lost his life in #UriAttack (early morning visuals) pic.twitter.com/FBqRYR3YfY
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Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh): Last rites of Sepoy Harinder Yadav who lost his life in #UriAttacks (last night visuals) pic.twitter.com/36b6dE1lcu
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 20, 2016
Agartala (Tripura): Student groups' hold candlelight vigil to pay tribute to soldiers who lost their lives in #UriAttack pic.twitter.com/ZJNoNtm3N6
— ANI (@ANI_news) September 20, 2016
Residents of Samba, who gathered on Monday to pay their last respects to Havildar Ravi Paul, killed in terrorist attack on an Army base in Uri, said it is high time for India to react strongly to the “Pakistan-sponsored proxy war”.
Relatives of Paul said he laid down his life for a cause and it was for the Government of India to “take a call” and “respect the death of the soldiers”.
“We want the incubator of terrorism, the country which sends terrorists to our country, be taught a strong lesson. The sacrifice of our brother and 17 others should not go waste, but it should be a turning point for Pakistan,” Mohan Lal the elder brother of Ravi Paul said.
“How long we will continue to lose our young bravehearts to the bullets of cowards. It is high time for the Union government to say that enough is enough and teach Pakistan a lesson,” Mohan Singh Bhatti, Sarpanch of Jarda village, who came to pay his last respect to the soldier said.
People who poured in to pay their homage to Paul, one of the 18 soldiers who killed in the terrorist attack on Sunday, echoed similar view of “teaching the hostile neighbor a lesson”.
“Pakistan has been pinching us for several years now and yesterday’s attack is an act of war on our country. Never in the past have we lost so many brave men in one attack, it is high time for the country’s leadership to take decision and teach Pakistan a lesson,” Madan Kumar a resident of Sarva village said.
Residents of the border area have been bearing the brunt of the hostilities and the proxy war sponsored by the Pakistani side, he said.
“Whenever there is a terrorist attack or whenever there is cross-border firing the residents of the border areas became the worst sufferers. We have been demanding from the Government of India to finish this once and for all,” he said.
(With inputs from PTI)