We are shattered’, says his fatherThe bodies of Lance Naik G. Shanker and Sepoy Sandeep Thok of the 6 Bihar Regiment, who were killed battling terrorists in the Uri attack, arrived in their native villages on Monday. A special plane carrying the mortal remains of three bravehearts from Maharashtra — Shanker, Thok and Sepoy Uike Janrao —arrived at Nashik’s Ozar airport around 7 p.m. The body of Thok was taken to his native village Khadangali in Nashik’s Sinnar Tehsil, while that of Shanker was taken to his ancestral village Jashi in Satara by road. He never let go of something once he had set his mind to secure it,” recalled his older brother Yogesh Thok. The sleepy village of Khadangalli, with a populace of little more than 2,000, has sent 10 of its youths to the Army.

Source: The Hindu September 19, 2016 15:22 UTC