Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and officials from the Indian Army on Saturday paid homage to Paratrooper Neelam Singh, who was killed along with four other soldiers in an IED explosion in Rajouri district, officials said on Saturday.

Besides the five soldiers, a major was injured in the explosion which took place in the thickly forested Kandi area of Rajouri district where an operation was underway to flush out terrorists, they had earlier said. ?

According to the latest reports, the fire fighting between terrorists and security forces was still on in Kandi forest belt. ?

A wreath-laying ceremony was held at IAF station in Jammu, where Sinha along with General Officer commanding (GoC) in Chief (GoC-In-C) Northern Command General Upendra Dwivedi, police, and other military officers paid their tributes to Neelam Singh.