India, Oct. 11 -- Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha, on Friday paid rich tributes to two Army personnel who lost their lives during a counter-terror operation in the higher reaches of Kokernag in South Kashmir. He laid a wreath and honoured the supreme sacrifice of Lance Havildar Palash Ghosh and Lance Naik Sujay Ghosh, both of whom succumbed while braving extreme weather during an anti-terror mission in the Kishtwar Range.

The two soldiers, from an elite para special forces unit, went missing during the course of a high-altitude search operation launched earlier this week after inputs about terrorist movement in the forested areas. Their bodies were recovered after days of extensive search operations conducted j...