Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 25: The Army, CRPF, BSF, and Jammu and Kashmir Police today paid tribute to paratrooper Jhantu Ali Sheikh, who laid down his life while fighting terrorists in Udhampur district.
A wreath-laying ceremony for the soldier was held at the 166 Military Hospital in Jammu. Later, his body was dispatched to his native place — Pathar Ghata village in Nadia district, West Bengal for burial, officials said.
Senior Army, police, Central Reserve Police Force, and Border Security Force officials, led by the Chief of Staff of the White Knight Corps, Major General Shailender Singh, laid wreaths on the body of the trooper and saluted his sacrifice.
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