Nadia, April 25 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday reached out to the grieving family of havaldar Jhantu Ali Sheikh, the army special forces comando soldier of 6 Para from Nadia district of the State, who was killed in the April 24 militant attack in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Ali Shaikh was killed and two of his colleagues were critically injured in an encounter between terrorists and security forces in the Dudu-Basantgarh area of Udhampur district yesterday.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called up Nazim Sheikh, the cousin of Jhantu Ali Sheikh, around 1 pm yesterday.

Sheikh spoke to the Chief Minister for about 12 minutes in the call where she offered her heartfelt condolences and assured his family ...