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Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 01 2010:
The last military funeral and farewell service were accorded fittingly to the personnel who lost their lives when the truck in which a convoy of 30 CRPF and 165 Battalion Territorial Army was travelling met with an accident at a spot in between Tupul and Kotlen along National Highway 53 on May 30 .
Led by GOC of 57 Mountain Division Maj Gen DS Hooda, top Army officers laid wreaths on the coffins and paid military salutes to the deceased personnel during the funeral and farewell service held in the headquarters of Maratha Light Infantry at Imphal Airport complex.
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After the service, the bodies of the departed soldiers were handed over to their respective family members.
In all one CRPF jawan and 12 personnel of Territorial Army lost their lives in the accident.
Out of the 12 Territorial Army personnel who died, 7 of them were State natives.
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