Army will lay down their lives to defend Kashmir: GOC

Praising the role played by Brigadier Rajinder Singh and his team members, who laid down their lives to defend Kashmir in 1947, a senior Army officer today said Army personnel would lay down their lives to defend Kashmir.
"Brig. Rajinder Singh and others have laid down their lives in past. Like them, Army will lay down their lives to defend Jammu and Kashmir," General Officer Commanding (GoC), 16 Corps, Lt Gen D S Hooda said, while addressing on the occasion of 66th Infantry Day here today.
Lt Gen Hooda said, "We, the Army personnel, want to assure you (people) that, whether we are posted in the hinterland or on borders, we will perform our job with dedication."

"You should have confidence and trust on us that we will do our job with high morale and we will not think for a minute before laying down our lives for the defence of the country and Jammu and Kashmir," he said.
Praising Brig Rajinder Singh and others, who have laid down their lives fighting Pakistani raiders moving towards Srinagar in 1947 while stopping them at Uri, he said, "It is to the credit of Brig Singh that J&K is with us as Pakistan was making all attempts to capture it."
On the occasion of 66th Infantry Day, Major General Ashwani Kumar, General Officer Commanding of Tiger Division, today laid wreaths at the J&K State Forces War Memorial and Tiger War Memorial in Jammu Cantonment.

A grand and solemn memorial ceremony was organised with full Military honours. Major General Ashwani Kumar, Brig. JS Rajpurohit, Deputy General Officer Commanding, also being the Senior most serving Infantry officer in the garrison, along with serving and retired officers, Junior Commissioned Officers and jawans paid homage to the brave soldiers, who laid down their lives for the country.