NEW DELHI: The mortal remains of nine Siachen bravehearts, who were buried alive on February 3 in an avalanche in the world’s highest battlefield, were today brought here to be flown to their respective states.
A wreath-laying ceremony was also held at the Palam Technical Airport which was attended by Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh, Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha among others.
One of 9 whose mortal remains were brought was Subedar Nagesha TT, a highly motivated Junior Commissioned Officer, also known as ‘Rambo’.
The JCO had served 12 years in tough field areas out of his 22 years of service. During his career, he had taken part in ‘Operation Parakaram’ where he laid and recovered large number of mines, officials said.
He also participated in Operation Rakshak at Mendhar in Jammu and Kashmir for two years where he was actively involved in counter-insurgency operations. He volunteered to serve with Rashtriya Rifles in Jammu and Kashmir for two years.
The JCO also volunteered to serve as a Commando in NSG for three years. Later, he went to North East from 2009 to 2012 to take part in ‘Operation Rhino’ where he was part of several successful operations against the militants as the ghatak platoon JCO, they said.
His colleagues remember him as ‘Rambo’ who used to lift others weapons as well as load in addition to his own. He was highly adventurous and also did a para-motor course with outstanding grading. He is survived by wife Asha and two sons Amit TN and Preetham TN aged six and four respectively.
Havildar Elumalai M, a Non Commissioned Officer (NCO) who had high level of initiative and was always willing to carry out any task assigned to him, was also among the dead.(Agencies)
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