Body of Army man martyred in Pak firing in J-K arrives in Guj

The body of Army rifleman Mohammad Atif Shafi Alam Khan Pathan, who succumbed to injuries sustained in firing by the Pakistan Army in Jammu and Kashmir, arrived in Vadodara on Tuesday. Pathan was injured when the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing at forwarding posts along the border in the Seunderbani sector in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning.

Pathan was later air evacuated to the Army Hospital, where he succumbed. His body arrived at around 8:50 pm on an IndiGo flight at Vadodara Airport, where several senior Army officers were present, an official said.

A guard of honor was presented to the martyred soldier and wreaths were placed on his body, he said. Pathan, a native of Navayard here, is survived by his father and mother.