CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced ex-gratia of Rs. 50 lakh, along with a government job each to a family member of Sepoy Satwinder Singh and Sepoy Lakhveer Singh of 4 Sikh Light Infantry unit. The two soldiers who laid down their lives in the line of duty on July 22, 2020.
The Chief Minister paid homage to the sacrifice of the fallen soldiers and extended his sympathies to their families.
The soldiers were part of a patrol in area near Line of Actual Control with China in Arunachal Pradesh on July 22. While crossing a log bridge on a fast flowing Nala in High Altitude area, they fell down and were swept away while trying to save each other. Search and rescue operations are in progress to trace the body of Sep Satwinder Singh. , The body of Sep. Lakhveer Singh was recovered today.
Sepoy Lakhveer Singh hailed from Village Demru Khurd in tehsil Bagha Purana of Moga district and is survived by his wife Namdeep Kaur. Sep. Satwinder Singh, a native of village Kutna in Barnala District, is survived by his parents.