Dehradun, Aug 20 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday laid a wreath on the mortal remains of Army jawan Prashant Thakur who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu Kashmir's Baramulla recently.

Laying a wreath on the martyr's body at the Army hospital here, Rawat said brave soldiers of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are always ready to lay down their lives for the country.

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"We are proud of our brave sons," Rawat said.

Thakur hailed from Sirmaur in HP.

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