J&K: Army pays tribute to Special Forces soldier Ajay Kumar in Akhnoor

 

 

 

Akhnoor, J&K: A wreath-laying ceremony was held in Akhnoor on Sunday for Nayak Ajay Kumar, a soldier of the Indian Army’s 1 Para (Special Forces), who lost his life during a training exercise in Haryana.

 

Fellow soldiers and officials paid their last respects to Ajay Kumar and honoured his service and sacrifice. Family members, relatives and local residents also gathered to pay their final respects to the brave soldier.

 

Ajay Kumar was swept away in the Yamuna River during a high-risk waterborne training exercise at Hathnikund Barrage in Yamunanagar district of Haryana.

 

His body was recovered on the night of September 2 near Bartha village in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The mortal remains were brought to his native place in Akhnoor on Friday.

 

The second soldier who went missing in the incident, Paratrooper Aryan Patil from Maharashtra, was also found dead. His body was recovered on Thursday morning from the Hansi Branch canal near Amreheri village in Jind, nearly 200 kilometres downstream.

 

Both soldiers had gone missing after being swept away during the training exercise.