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Top Army officer leads wreath-laying ceremony for 2 soldiers killed in IED blast in Jammu

Press Trust of india by Press Trust of india
February 13, 2025
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Top Army officer leads wreath-laying ceremony for 2 soldiers killed in IED blast in Jammu
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Jammu:  General Officer Commanding of the Jammu-based White Knight Corps, Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva, on Wednesday led the wreath-laying ceremony of two Army personnel, including a captain, who were killed in an IED blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector here the previous day.

The solemn wreath-laying ceremony to pay homage to Captain Karamjit Singh Bakshi from Jharkhand’s Ranchi and Naik Mukesh Singh Manhas from Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba was held at the Indian Air Force (IAF) station here at 2 pm, before the mortal remains of the deceased were dispatched to their hometowns for the last rites.

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Lt Gen. Sachdeva and other ranks laid wreaths at the tricolour-wrapped coffins of the deceased, officials said, adding that senior IAF, police and civil officers, including Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Anand Jain and Inspector General of Police, Jammu zone, Bhim Sen Tuti, also attended the ceremony.

A powerful improvised explosive device (IED), believed to have been planted by terrorists, exploded near a forward post in Akhnoor’s Bhattal area on Tuesday, killing the two Army personnel and injuring another.

Army troops conducted a massive search operation following the blast but there was no trace of the terrorists, who are believed to have fled across the border after setting off the IED.

The bodies of the fallen soldiers were flown to their hometowns where their funeral will be held with full military honours later in the day, the officials said.

Incidentally, both Captain Bakshi and Naik Manhas were scheduled to get married in April, they added.

Family in mourning after soldier son killed in IED attack 2 months before marriage

He had returned to his Army unit on January 28 after his engagement and giving final touches to his new house. Just 14 days later, Naik Mukesh Singh Manhas was killed in an IED blast, leaving his family shattered and pondering a future gone dark.

The 29-year-old from Samba, who was supposed to get married in April, was killed along with Captain Karamjit Singh Bakshi from Jharkhand’s Ranchi in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast carried out by terrorists near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu’s Akhnoor sector on Tuesday

In his native Bri Kamila village in the border district of Samba, villagers remembered Manhas as an enthusiastic cricketer, an extrovert and someone who was always ready to extend a helping hand to the needy.

“He served the Army for more than nine years and a half. He was posted in Siachen glacier (in Ladakh), Kashmir and Punjab, before moving to Akhnoor recently. He returned to his unit on January 28 after a two-week leave from duty for his ring ceremony,” his father Chagatar Singh, a retired police personnel, told reporters.

Manhas, whose younger brother is also in the Army, was supposed to get married around April 20-21, the grieving father said, as his relatives and neighbours made a beeline in front of the house to convey their condolences.

Chagatar Singh said his son joined the Army at a very young age to fulfill his desire to serve the country.

“His two sisters, one elder to him and another younger, are married. He was a cricket lover and made extraordinary efforts during his recent stay in the village to prepare a cricket pitch for youngsters,” Mahesh, a childhood friend of the slain soldier, said.

Chuni Lal, another resident of the village, said Manhas was full of energy and was always motivating youngsters to get involved in sporting activities.

Men and women who assembled at the house were in tears as they waited for the mortal remains of the deceased.

Officials said the body of Manhas will be taken to his village and his funeral will be held with full military hours later in the day.

 

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