19 Indian Army soldiers were injured including 7 who lost their lives after the bus carrying them fell in the Shyok river in the Turtuk sector of Ladakh.
Construction was carried out illegally in the name of a "Hazrat Mohammed Afzal Khan Memorial Trust" which had occupied around 5,500 square feet space on the fort
The latest reduction in the duty is not from the Excise Duty but instead from the Additional Excise Duty, which is not shared with the states. Hence, the proposed reduction is entirely borne by the Centre.