Sepoy Vijay Kumar K, the soldier who was martyred during an avalanche in Biamah area of Kargil sector on March 17, was accorded full military honours in a solemn wreath laying ceremony held in Leh in the early hours of Tuesday during which the Army paid its homage.
After the wreath laying ceremony, the mortal remains of the martyr have been flown to New Delhi where Army Chief General Dalbir Singh will pay his homage.
After the wreath laying ceremony at New Delhi, the mortal remains of the soldier will be flown to his native place in Vallaramapuram village of Tamil Nadu's Thirunelvelli district, where the funeral ceremony would be conducted with full military honours.
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