Uri terror attack: Death toll rises to 18 as soldier succumbs to his injuries

The death toll in the terror attack in Uri on Monday rose to 18 as Sepoy K Vikas Janardhan succumbed to his injuries at R&R Hospital in New Delhi. “Update Uri Ops-  #ArmyCdrNC & all rks offer condolences to family of Sep K Vikas Janardhan who succumbed at R&R Hospital, New Delhi @adgpi,” NorthernComd_IA tweeted on Monday.

Update Uri Ops- #ArmyCdrNC & all rks offer condolences to family of Sep K Vikas Janardhan who succumbed at R&R Hospital, New Delhi @adgpi

— NorthernComd.IA (@NorthernComd_IA) September 19, 2016

Heavily armed militants suspected to be from Pakistan-based JeM had on Sunday stormed an army base in Uri in Kashmir.
Earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting attended by top ministers and other officials over the deadly terror attack in Uri.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag besides other senior officials attended the meeting.
India had reacted strongly to the deadliest attack on the Army in Jammu and Kashmir in a quarter-century-old insurgency that sparked an outrage with the Prime Minister strongly condemning it.

“We strongly condemn the cowardly terror attack in Uri. I assure the nation that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished,” Modi had said.

The Home Minister, who had on Sunday called an emergency meeting in Delhi, had pointed a finger directly at Pakistan, saying it is a “terrorist state” and should be isolated while BJP leader Ram Madhav said days of strategic restraint are over and suggested that “for one tooth, the complete jaw” should be the policy after the attack.

(With inputs from PTI)