2 of the 18 army jawans killed in Uri attack were from West Bengal

KOLKATA: Two of the eighteen army jawans killed in the attack at their battalion headquarters at Uri in Kashmir were from Bengal. According to the list of the martyrs, released by the army, two soldiers—Biswajit Ghorai and Gangadhar Dolui – belonged to two districts of Bengal.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today said , the mortal remains of the two brave jawans are being brought to their respective homes in south 24 Paragana and Howrah. “No words can take away the pain of the 17 families who lost their loved ones in Uri. We salute India's brave soldiers,” Banerjee tweets.

West Bengal governor, Keshari Nath Tripathi has issued a statement in this regard. “The terrorists’ attack at our soldiers in Uri Sector in Jammu & Kashmir is to be condemned as strongly as possible. It is time to stand with the family of the soldiers who laid their lives in this cowardly attack. The dead include two soldiers namely Sepoy Gangadhar Dolui and Sepoy Biswajit Gharai from West Bengal. I offer my tribute to them and heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family. Our state and the entire nation will ensure that their sacrifice is not wasted".