Patna (BiharTimes) It surprised one and all when not a single minister from Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's cabinet was present at Patna airport on Wednesday night to receive the bodies of four martyrs of 21 Bihar Regiment killed by Pak army on the Line of Control in Poonch sector.

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Although some BJP leaders including former deputy chief minister and BJP leader Sushil Kumar, BJP leader Giriraj Singh and other party leaders were present at the airport.

The Indian Air Force plane landed at Patna with the coffins of four martyrs - Shambhu Sharan Rai, Vijay Kumar Rai, Prem Nath Singh and Raghunandan Prasad.

The bodies were later taken to the villages of the martyr jawans in Chhapra, Aara and Bihta.