Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha, on Friday paid rich tributes to two Army personnel who lost their lives during a counter-terror operation in the higher reaches of Kokernag in South Kashmir. He laid a wreath and honoured the supreme sacrifice of Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh and Lance Naik Sujay Ghosh, both of whom succumbed while braving extreme weather during an anti-terror mission in the Kishtwar Range.

The two soldiers, from an elite para special forces unit, went missing during the course of a high-altitude search operation launched earlier this week after inputs about terrorist movement in the forested areas. Their bodies were recovered after days of extensive search operations conducted jointly by the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police. Preliminary

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