Lucknow:The mortal remains of NSG Lt Col Niranjan, who lost his life in the Pathankot attack, were brought to his Bengaluru residence on Monday.People gather near the mortal remains of Lt Col Niranjan Kumar at his home in Bengaluru on Monday. Kumar, a Lieutenant Colonel with the National Security Guard’s Bomb Disposal Squad, lost his life while defusing a grenade during the Pathankot terror attack on Sunday. For his last rites his mortals were taken to his hometown in Palakkad, Kerala.
Garud commando Corporal Gursewak Singh, who was killed in the operation at the Pathankot air force base, was on Monday cremated with full military honours in Garnala village in Haryana’s Ambala district.In the morning, as his body wrapped in a tricolour reached his native village, a large number of people, including Haryana ministers Anil Vij and Abhimanyu, were present. Senior officers from the Indian Air Force, besides personnel from the army, police and civil administration were also present.
“My boy had gone to serve the nation. I am proud of him. He has done his duty. We are sad too. My younger son gave his life for the country. He was always good in studies and always wanted to join the air force,” Sucha Singh , father of martyr Gurusewak Singh , said.
