CJI Chandrachud condoles death of 4 soldiers in J-K

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, on Monday, condoled the death of four soldiers in an ambush attack by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri sector on Thursday of last week.

Addressing the Christmas programme at the Supreme Court, the CJI said, "We should not forget the soldiers standing tall on the borders."

"We lost four members of our armed forces a few days ago. So as we celebrate Christmas, let us not forget those on the borders who are spending these cold mornings protecting us and our nation," Justice Chandrachud added.

Later, on Monday, Army chief General Manoj Pande is scheduled to visit the Rajouri sector to review the ongoing counter-terrorist operations underway in the area.

Four Army personnel were killed while three others were injured after heavily armed terrorists ambushed two Army vehicles near Thanandi in the Rajouri sector on Thursday last week.

On Sunday, the four fallen soldiers, Naik Birender Singh, Rifleman Gautam Kumar, Naik Karan Kumar, and Rifleman Chandan Kumar, were accorded a tearful senf-off at a wreath-laying ceremony in Rajouri.

(ANI)