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Pampore attack: Army and families bid adieu to slain soldiers

Captain Mahajan and Corporal Prakash were members of the crack team of Army's 9 PARA.

By :  R Ayyappan
Update: 2016-02-22 13:37 GMT
Lt. Gen. Satish Dua, Chinar Corps Commander said that the Army and nation salute their sacrifice.
Paying homage to the martyrs on behalf of the entire Chinar Corps fraternity, Lt. Gen. Satish Dua, Chinar Corps Commander said that the Army and nation salute their sacrifice.
The 32-year-old Lance Naik Prakash was a seasoned commando with 13 years of operational experience. He had been wounded earlier in 2005 when he had saved a comrade during a counter terrorist operation.
Born to a family of educationists from Udhampur district of J&K, Captain Mahajan is proudly remembered by his peers for his indomitable spirit and a very high camaraderie quotient, a statement issued by the Army said.
A defence spokesman here said that the slain Army officers were instrumental in clearing major portion of the multi-storeyed building and in this process suffered grievous injuries.
Both the officers were members of the crack team of Army's 9 PARA which had launched an operation on Sunday against the militants who had entrenched themselves in the main block at J&K Entrepreneurship Development Institute campus.
Homage was paid to the 'valour and sacrifice' of Captain Mahajan and Corporal Prakash in a solemn ceremony held at Badami Bagh Cantonment, the headquarters of Army's 15 (Chinar) Corps.
paid glowing tribute with full military honours to Captain Tushar Mahajan and Lance Naik (corporal) Om Parkash who laid down their lives while fighting militants outside the highway town of Pampore in Jammu and Kashmir. Another Army officer Captain Pawan Kumar also died in the operation earlier on Sunday.
Captain Mahajan and Corporal Prakash were members of the crack team of Army's 9 PARA.

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