The 47-year-old Additional Commissioner of Income Tax of Mumbai is a Shaurya Chakra awardee, for his bravery in an encounter with terrorists along the LoC in 2017.
“After my brother’s cremation, no one from the government helped us. We are happy that people are helping in our endeavour to fulfil the memory of my brother.”
This is a story about a martyred soldier, a mother's grief and the brothers-in-arms who banded together to do something remarkable for their fallen mate's family.
When his fellow soldiers could not help him, this army jawan who had fallen into a ditch while trying to escape a pack of stray dogs, was saved by 42-year-old Veena Sharma who gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
After acting as a soldier in an upcoming movie, actor Prashantt Guptha writes about his experiences and shares a message for soldiers across the world.