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Siachen braveheart loses battle for life
Siachen braveheart Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad on Thursday died due to multiple organ failure, after waging a grim battle for life for nine days.The end for the doughty soldier came a little before noon, three days after he was miraculously pulled out alive from under 30 feet of ice-and-snow debris where he lay buried for six days on the unforgiving Siachen glacier.Â
New Delhi: Siachen braveheart Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad on Thursday died due to multiple organ failure, after waging a grim battle for life for nine days.The end for the doughty soldier came a little before noon, three days after he was miraculously pulled out alive from under 30 feet of ice-and-snow debris where he lay buried for six days on the unforgiving Siachen glacier.
"Lance Naik Hanamanthappa is no more. He breathed his last at 11:45 AM today," the Army Research and Referral Hospital said.As an indebted nation's prayers for his life ended in vain, glowing tributes poured in for the 33-year-old soldier.
"The soldier in you remains immortal," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he led the nation in mourning his death. "He leaves us sad & devastated. RIP Lance Naik Hanamanthappa. The soldier in you remains immortal. Proud that martyrs like you served India," he tweeted.
He leaves us sad & devastated. RIP Lance Naik Hanumanthappa. The soldier in you remains immortal. Proud that martyrs like you served India.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 11, 2016
