Belthangady: Army uniform of missing soldier Ekanath Shetty was handed over to his family with all military respects on Friday.

The uniform was taken from Port Blair to Chennai through flight and from there it reached Mangaluru through train. At Mangaluru the uniform was kept in Superintendant of Police office and offered all the due respects to it.

From there the uniform was taken to Belthangady by road and from Punjalkatte a procession was taken out to pay the tribute the soldier.

At Ekanath’s residence the uniform was handed over to his spouse Jayanti by retired army officer Sudhindra. Many people paid tribute the soldier. More than 250 vehicles had taken participation in the procession.

SP Bhushan G Birase, MLA Shakunthala Shetty, Tahashildar Puttaswamy and others were present.