Two soldiers were killed during a land mine blast in the Kargil sector along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, during a routine patrol duty on Friday.
Udhampur based defence spokesman Colonel SD Goswami said, due to the effect of the blast Subedar Basappa Patil, who was the patrol leader and Sepoy Hasansab Khudavand, the leading scout, suffered injuries which proved to be fatal.
He said, Army paid homage to the two soldiers, both hailing from Karnataka, at a wreath laying ceremony held in Leh yesterday.