Obeisance was paid with full military honours at Tezpur to the mortal remains of Lt Col VVB Reddy and Maj Jayanth A of Army Aviation, who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty on 16 March 23 while on an operational sortie in Arunachal Pradesh.
Wreath was laid on behalf of a grateful nation for the untiring service to the nation by the officers. The mortal remains have been moved to their home towns Yadadri (near Hyderabad), Telangana and Madurai, Tamilnadu in a Special Military Plane.
Lt Col Mahendra S Rawat , Public Relations Officer, Ministry of Defence, Guwahati stated this through a press release.
