BSF personnel carry the coffin of martyr Gurnam Singh for wreath laying ceremony at BSF Headquarters in Jammu on Sunday. Tribune photo: Inderjeet Singh
Tribune News Service
Jammu, October 23
The Border Security Force held a ceremony on Sunday to pay their tributes to the Jawan who was fatally shot in a ceasefire violation by Pakistan recently.
Gurnam Singh was wounded in a sniper attack in Bobiya area of Hira Nagar sector on Friday. He was admitted to Government Medical College, Jammu, but died late on Saturday night.
Singh belonged to Bhalesar village in Jammu's RS Pura.
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The BSF claimed it killed seven Pakistan Rangers and a militant in retaliatory firing on Friday.
(Read: Won’t cry on son’s martyrdom: Jawan’s mother)
Saturday witnessed heavy shelling on the international border after Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing, forcing authorities to advise residents of border villages to stay indoors.
(Also read: Heavy border shelling a day after BSF strike)
There has been frequent shelling across the border since India conducted coordinated surgical strikes on September 28. (With agency inputs)
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