Naik Shinde cremated with full state honours in Nashik
The mortal remains of Naik Shankar Chandrabhan Shinde, who got martyred in encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on February 13, were today consigned to flames with full state honors at his native Bhayale village in the district.
By : migrator
Update: 2016-02-15 10:19 GMT
Nashik
Shinde was among the two soldiers who died fighting the militants in Kupwara, wherein five Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were also killed.
He was accorded full military honors, including gun salute as Army personnel sounded the bugle.
Earlier, Shinde's body was brought to his village from Deolali camp, where the martyr's family members, relatives, various government and police officials, Army men and hundreds of villagers paid floral tributes to him.
He is survived by his parents, wife and two children.
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