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President turns emotional after honouring Garud commando at R-Day Parade
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appeared emotional after he awarded the Ashok Chakra, India\'s highest peacetime military decoration, posthumously to Air Force Garud commando Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala here.
NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appeared emotional after he awarded the Ashok Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration, posthumously to Air Force Garud commando Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala here.
HIGHLIGHTS
- President appeared emotional after he awarded the Ashok Chakra to Corporal Nirala's wife Sushmanand.
- President Kovind was seen wiping his face and eyes with his handkerchief.
Corporal Nirala laid down his life after gunning down two terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district in November.
After presenting the award to Corporal Nirala's wife Sushmanand and his mother Malti Devi at the Republic Day Parade, Kovind was seen wiping his face and eyes with his handkerchief.On November 18 last year, an offensive was launched in Chanderger village of Bandipora based on specific intelligence.
The Garud detachment covertly approached the target house where the terrorists were hiding and laid a close quarter ambush.In the violent exchange of fire, Corporal Nirala was hit by a volley of small arms fire. Despite being critically injured, he continued the retaliatory fire.
He later succumbed to the fatal gunshot wounds.
