Senior BSF and police officers on Monday paid tribute to a BSF jawan killed in a militant attack on security forces in Baramulla district of north Kashmir.
Coffin carrying the body of constable Nitin Kumar, wrapped in tri-colour, was brought to BSF Subsidiary Training Centre Humhama near Srinagar Airport where Additional Director General of BSF Arun Kumar and Special Director General of Jammu and Kashmir police (coordination and law and order) SP Vaid joined other ranks and offered floral tributes to the jawan.
After the wreath laying ceremony, the body of the BSF personnel was sent to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
Two women and a man were injured in mortar and small arms firing from across the LoC with Pakistan on Monday as border tension continued amid fresh ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
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