Srinagar, Nov 3: The Ministry of Defence’s Public Relations Office here on Monday paid tribute to officers who laid down life while countering a fidayeen attack by terrorists in 1999.

“In a solemn and poignant ceremony held at the Public Relations Office (PRO), Badami Bagh Cantonment in Srinagar, all ranks of the PRO paid rich tributes to Major P Purushottam, Subedar Brahm Dass Sharma and four other soldiers who were killed fighting terrorists on this day in 1999,” it said in a statement.

Major P Purushottam, who was posted as a Public Relations Officer (Defence), along with five colleagues, fought the terrorists who launched an attack on his office on November 3, 1999. They were killed while trying to save journalists present at the office at the time of the attack.

“The gallant act of

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