| Chandigarh |
Published: June 11, 2020 10:07:23 pm
Security personnel stand near a Army camp in Handwara (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)
The family of an Army officer who laid down his life battling terrorists in Handwara, has started an online signature petition demanding that the next of kin of those who die in the line of duty should at least get a letter regarding the sacrifice from the elected representatives of the people including the President and the prime minister of India and the chief minister and governor of the concerned state.
The online petition by Major Anuj Sood's family on Change.org is being shared widely on social media platforms. The brief remarks on the petition titled “Respect by elected representatives to martyrs of armed forces” states that not only should elected representatives be in touch with the kin of the soldiers but that the highest office bearers at Centre and in state should also pen a letter to them for the sacrifice made.
Major Sood, a former student of Punjab Public School, Nabha, and an alumnus of National Defence Academy, had died fighting in a counter terrorism operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara on May 3 along with the Commanding Officer of 21 Rashtriya Rifles, two…
