2 Bengal villages wait for bodies of soldiers killed in Galwan clash

A stage has been hurriedly set up by the slain soldier's friends for laying the casket upon its arrival to the tiny north Bengal hamlet surrounded by forests and tea gardens

Grief and anger marked the mood in two villages of West Bengal, the residents of which are waiting patiently for the bodies of their two fallen heroes to return from the icy heights of Ladakh's Galwan Valley.

The bodies of the two soldiers from West Bengal, who were among the 20 Indian Army personnel killed in a clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh's Galwan Valley, are scheduled to arrive at their homes on Thursday evening, an Army spokesperson said here.

Women in Havildar Bipul Roy's Bindipara village in Alipurduar district have abstained from cooking food in remembrance of their