BSF jawan Nitin Kumar martyred in Baramulla terror attack paid tributes - In Pics

One BSF jawan was killed when terrorists on Sunday night attacked a BSF and adjoining Army camps in Baramulla.

Srinagar: Senior BSF and police officers on Monday paid tributes to the BSF jawan killed in a militant attack on security forces in Baramulla district of north Kashmir.

Coffin carrying the body of constable Nitin Kumar, wrapped in tri-colour, was brought to BSF Subsidiary Training Centre Humhama near Srinagar Airport where Additional Director General of BSF Arun Kumar and Special Director General of Jammu and Kashmir police (coordination and law and order) SP Vaid joined other ranks and offered floral tributes to the jawan.

After the wreath laying ceremony, the body of the BSF personnel was sent to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh, officials said, as per PTI.

The jawan was killed and another injured when militants attacked their camp and a nearby Army unit in Baramulla district town, 55 kms from here, on Sunday night. 

Kumar said that the jawan had "done an excellent job by sacrificing his supreme life to stop the terrorists from entering the campus."

Watch the visuals below: (Courtesy - ANI)

Srinagar (J&K): Wreath-laying ceremony of BSF jawan Nitin who lost his life in #BaramulaAttack pic.twitter.com/UqO9kCJi8u — ANI (@ANI_news) October 3, 2016

Srinagar (J&K): Wreath-laying ceremony of BSF jawan Nitin who lost his life in #BaramulaAttack pic.twitter.com/nZ8HznBpj5 — ANI (@ANI_news) October 3, 2016

Srinagar (J&K): Gun salutes being paid to BSF jawan Nitin, who lost his life in #BaramulaAttack pic.twitter.com/4MzX1VDSY1 — ANI (@ANI_news) October 3, 2016