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Rashtriya Rifles sepoy laid to rest with military honours

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Press Trust of India Aizawl
Sepoy Lalramchhana(23) of Rashtriya Rifles, who was killed in a firing in Jammu and Kashmir on August 4 was accorded a funeral with full military honours at his native Ratu village on Mizoram-Manipur border today.

Official sources said Lalramchhana's body was flown to Aizawl from Delhi and taken to his native Ratu village yesterday.

He died along with another soldier in a firing by his own battalion personnel who mistook them for terrorists operating in the area, the sources added.

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First Published: Aug 08 2015 | 8:02 PM IST

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