Srinagar, March 12 (UNI) The Army on Saturday paid tributes to Major Sankalp Yadav and Lance Havildar Bhonde Chandrasekhar Rupchand who died in separate accidents in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a solemn ceremony at the Badami Bagh Cantonment here, Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi, GOC-in-C Northern Command, and all ranks paid homage to the two soldiers, a Defence Ministry spokesman said. Major Yadav died on Friday when an Army Cheetah helicopter crashed in Baraub area of Gurez in Bandipora district while on a routine mission to evacuate an ailing soldier from a forward post.
The 29-year-old was commissioned in the Indian Army in 2015. He belonged to Jaipur. Lance Havildar Rupchand was on duty when the vehicle he was travelling in met with an accident near Kalaroos in Kupwara district two days ago.
He was evacuated to a military hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. He was 34 and had joined the Indian Army in 2008. He belonged to Bhandara district in Maharashtra. The mortal remains of Major Yadav and Lance Havildar Rupchand will be taken to their respective areas for the last rites, the spokesman said.
