Lok Sabha pays tributes to Nagrota terror attack victims

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan expressed deep condolences to the bereaved families and wished speedy recovery of those injured

Lok Sabha on Thursday paid tributes to seven Army personnel, who were killed in a terror attack in Nagrota near Jammu, a day after Speaker rejected the demand of opposition for an obituary reference for the same incident on the grounds that final details were yet to emerge.

As soon as the House assembled, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan referred to Tuesday's incident and said the House strongly condemned the dastardly act of terrorists in which seven soldiers were martyred and several others were injured.

Mahajan also expressed deep condolences to the bereaved families and wished speedy recovery of those injured.

The obituary reference was made a day after Opposition members walked out of Lok Sabha as their demand for an obituary reference on the soldiers who died in the same terror attack was rejected by the Speaker on the grounds that final details were yet to emerge.