Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Aug 1: Scores of Kashmiris and exiled Pandits paid rich tribute to the illustrious son of Kashmir and martyr Major Sushil Aima at his memorial ‘Major Sushil Aima Road Gurugram-Haryana’, for his supreme sacrifice to protect the motherland.
Ashok Bhan, Supreme Court lawyer and prominent Kashmiri leader, Kashmir Peace Lovers coordinator, Ajay Pandita, Dr Anil Vaisnavi, president Gurgaon Kashmiri Association, All India Kashmiri Samaj vice president, Rohit Dhar and academicians, civil society activists, artists and veterans paid glowing tribute to Major Aima.
It was on August 1, 1999 night, when Major Sushil was making preparations for his departure for Delhi next morning, his unit was given task to blunt a possible attack by a large group of Pakistani terrorists and foreign mercenaries assembled on a nearby hill. The credible intelligence confirmed that this group had plans to attack a village in the vicinity of Poonch.
Maj Sushil and his troops engaged in a fierce encounter that lasted for over seven hours, and ended up with a hand-to-hand fight, with heavy losses on the intruders. Two terrorists fell to the bullets of Major Sushil but in the later stage of the encounter he was fatally wounded but he shot dead the third terrorist who had fired the fatal shot at him. Ultimately Maj Sushil at the age of 32 was martyred.
He was conferred Kirti Chakra for his exceptional courage, leadership and supreme sacrifice. He was survived by his wife Archana Aima, daughter Ridhi and son Siddharth.
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