Pall of gloom descends on Karnal village after soldier killed in LoC firing

Parveen Arora

Tribune News Service

Karnal, December 23

A pall of gloom descended on Ramba village in Karnal after the news of death of Sepoy Pragat Singh, who was among four Army men killed along LoC, reached his home on Saturday evening.

Pragat Singh (30) had joined the Army as a Sepoy around 12 years back.

He is survived by his father Rattan Singh, mother Sukhwinder Kaur, wife Ramanpreet Kaur and four-year-old son Yuvraj Singh, said Harvinder Virk, a friend of Pragat Singh.

Deputy Commissioner Aditya Dahiya said the mortal remains are expected to reach the village by tomorrow afternoon and the last rites would be performed with full honour.

Several youths of this village have been serving the armed forces.

As the news reached the village around 7.30 pm, hundreds of people thronged the house of Singh to console the family members.