Army ought to give befitting reply: Kin of officers martyred in Anantnag encounter

Express News Service

CHANDIGARH: Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding Officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) who died on Wednesday in a gun battle with terrorists in Anantnag of Jammu and Kashmir was a third-generation Army officer. He was a local of  Bharaunjian village close to Chandigarh in SAS Nagar district of Punjab. He is survived by his spouse, Jagmeet Grewal, who’s an economics instructor with the Haryana authorities, and two youngsters, six-year-old Kabir Singh and two-year-old Bani Kaur.

Colonel Manpreet’s spouse alongside together with her two youngsters returned only a fortnight in the past after staying with him in Kashmir.

Singh was the seventh member of the household who was within the armed forces, his grandfather and his two brothers had been troopers in British troops, and his father and two of his cousins served within the Indian Army.

A pall of gloom descended on his village and in addition in Panchakula, as his physique is anticipated to come back on Friday and is more likely to be cremated the identical day, scores of persons are turning up at their residences to pay their respects.

“The mortal stays of my son-in-law will attain right here tomorrow afternoon because the  Army formalities take time.,’’ mentioned Colonel Manpreet Singh’s father-in-law Jagdev Singh Grewal, a retired Haryana Government officer’.

He added that his daughter had given a name to her husband and he had advised her that he was getting in for the operation. 

Singh was main his troops from the entrance when he obtained vital gunshot wounds. In 2012 he was adorned with the Sena Medal for gallantry after he neutralized terrorists in J&Ok. Singh spent nearly 5 years with the identical Rashtriya Rifles battalion, the primary three because the second-in-command after which as
the Commanding Officer. He was about to finish his tenure with Rashtriya Rifles in 4 months. He was not too long ago honoured with a gallantry award by the Army.

Singh’s uncle mentioned that since childhood, the deceased officer had proven management qualities. “He was always smiling and ready to help others,” he mentioned.

Major Aashish Dhonchak hailing from Panipat in Haryana was one of many three officers killed in motion on Tuesday.

Dhonchak joined the Army in 2013, he’s survived by his spouse Jyoti and three-year-old daughter Vamika. Major Dhonchak had three sisters. He was planning to go to the household on his birthday subsequent month. While Dhonchak’s household lives in Panipat’s Sector 7, his native village is Binjhol in Panipat district.

As the information of his loss of life unfold, villagers and neighbours rushed to his home in Sector 7 of Panipat. His uncle Dilwar Singh mentioned, “We knew there was an operation underway. But we got the news of his death from my son who’s also in the Army”.

Those who turned as much as categorical grief and be with the households on this tragic hour mentioned the Army ought to give a befitting reply to the terrorists. “Everyone is aware of that Pakistan has waged a proxy conflict. Our Army ought to give a befitting reply as soon as and for all, in order that no mom has to mourn the lack of her son, no sister loses her brother once more on this method, no spouse loses her husband and no baby loses its father,” mentioned an aged man who lives in Dhonchak’s neighbourhood in Panipat.

CHANDIGARH: Colonel Manpreet Singh, Commanding Officer of 19 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) who died on Wednesday in a gun battle with terrorists in Anantnag of Jammu and Kashmir was a third-generation Army officer. He was a local of  Bharaunjian village close to Chandigarh in SAS Nagar district of Punjab. He is survived by his spouse, Jagmeet Grewal, who’s an economics instructor with the Haryana authorities, and two youngsters, six-year-old Kabir Singh and two-year-old Bani Kaur.

Colonel Manpreet’s spouse alongside together with her two youngsters returned only a fortnight in the past after staying with him in Kashmir.

Singh was the seventh member of the household who was within the armed forces, his grandfather and his two brothers had been troopers in British troops, and his father and two of his cousins served within the Indian Army.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );

A pall of gloom descended on his village and in addition in Panchakula, as his physique is anticipated to come back on Friday and is more likely to be cremated the identical day, scores of persons are turning up at their residences to pay their respects.

“The mortal stays of my son-in-law will attain right here tomorrow afternoon because the  Army formalities take time.,’’ mentioned Colonel Manpreet Singh’s father-in-law Jagdev Singh Grewal, a retired Haryana Government officer’.

He added that his daughter had given a name to her husband and he had advised her that he was getting in for the operation. 

Singh was main his troops from the entrance when he obtained vital gunshot wounds. In 2012 he was adorned with the Sena Medal for gallantry after he neutralized terrorists in J&Ok. Singh spent nearly 5 years with the identical Rashtriya Rifles battalion, the primary three because the second-in-command after which as
the Commanding Officer. He was about to finish his tenure with Rashtriya Rifles in 4 months. He was not too long ago honoured with a gallantry award by the Army.

Singh’s uncle mentioned that since childhood, the deceased officer had proven management qualities. “He was always smiling and ready to help others,” he mentioned.

Major Aashish Dhonchak hailing from Panipat in Haryana was one of many three officers killed in motion on Tuesday.

Dhonchak joined the Army in 2013, he’s survived by his spouse Jyoti and three-year-old daughter Vamika. Major Dhonchak had three sisters. He was planning to go to the household on his birthday subsequent month. While Dhonchak’s household lives in Panipat’s Sector 7, his native village is Binjhol in Panipat district.

As the information of his loss of life unfold, villagers and neighbours rushed to his home in Sector 7 of Panipat. His uncle Dilwar Singh mentioned, “We knew there was an operation underway. But we got the news of his death from my son who’s also in the Army”.

Those who turned as much as categorical grief and be with the households on this tragic hour mentioned the Army ought to give a befitting reply to the terrorists. “Everyone is aware of that Pakistan has waged a proxy conflict. Our Army ought to give a befitting reply as soon as and for all, in order that no mom has to mourn the lack of her son, no sister loses her brother once more on this method, no spouse loses her husband and no baby loses its father,” mentioned an aged man who lives in Dhonchak’s neighbourhood in Panipat.