Vadodara Bids Adieu to Army Man Arif Pathan Killed in Pak Firing

Pathan died in ceasefire violation by Pakistan along the LoC in Sundarbani Sector, J&K on 22 July.

Hundreds gathered in Vadodara to bid their last goodbye to Army rifleman, Mohammad Atif Shafi Alam Khan Pathan.

(Photo: Accessed by The Quint)

Hundreds in Gujarat’s Vadodara bid farewell to Army rifleman, Mohammad Arif Shafi Alam Khan Pathan, who succumbed to injuries sustained in firing by the Pakistan Army in Jammu and Kashmir.

(Photo: The Quint)

(Photo: The Quint)

(Photo: The Quint)

(Photo: The Quint)

(Photo: The Quint)

Pathan was injured when the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing at forward posts along the border in the Seunderbani sector in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning, 22 July.

Pathan was later air evacuated to the Army Hospital, where he succumbed.

His body arrived at Vadodara Airport on Tuesday at around 8:50 pm on an IndiGo flight, where several senior Army officers were present, an official said.

A guard of honour was presented to the martyred soldier and wreaths were placed on his body, he said.

Pathan, a native of Navayard, is survived by his father and mother.