Our Correspondent

Jaipur, September 19

The body of a soldier who died in Sunday’s terror strike at a military camp in north Kashmir’s Uri was brought home to a village Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district on Monday. Havaldar Chef NS Rawat was among the 18 who died in the attack on Sunday. His family, an army unit and the district administration received his body on Monday evening.After a wreath-laying ceremony, the body was taken in an army vehicle Rawat’s village, Rajawa, in Rajsamand’s Bhim tehsil.His funeral rites will be held with state honours on Tuesday, a defence spokesperson, Lt Col Manish Ojha, said.Rajasthan PHED Minister Kiran Maheshwari cancelled her tour to Dausa and is now on her way to the district to offer her condolences to Rawat’s bereaved family.