Shaheed Captain
Amit Verma
More tributes to Kargil
martyrs
New Delhi, July 8 (HT
Correspondent)
THE REGIMENTAL staff
stood guard as the wreath-covered body was carried
forward by his uniformed comrades.
The Capital today paid
tributes to Captain Amit Verma of the Nine Mahar
regiment who was killed in the action in Kargil. The
23-year-old soldier was the only son of his proud
parents and a third generation army officer. His
grandfather is a retired major and the father a
retired colonel. Both had been in battles but Amit
was the only one on whom martyrdom was bestowed in
Kargil.
The entire neighbourhood
gathered around the C-4 Inderpuri residence of the
departed soldier. The area MLA Puran Chandra Yogi
and a host of police officials were also present
amongst the mourners. People abandoned their routine
chores to share the grief of the bereaved family.
All was quiet and solemn as the funeral procession
marched towards the Brar Square where the cremation
was done.
Captain Verma was third in
the line of gallant young men from Delhi who laid
down their lives while fighting the enemy on Kargil
front. Captain Haneefuddin was the first whose
unparalleled valour earned him the admiration of his
peers. He died while fighting intruders in the
Turtuk sub-sector which was later renamed after him.
Next was young Captain Sumit Roy who was killed
while fighting to capture the strategic Tiger Hills
near Drass.
Captain Sumit Roy was
barely 21 when he made the supreme sacrifice.
Captain Verma was a couple of years older than his
other two colleagues from Delhi but still a child as
far as his parents al least were concerned. His
grief-stricken mother wiped his cold forehead with
her dupatta while he was being lifted by his
colleagues to be taken for cremation. “We had
never expected this. All the dangers and fears are
over now. Nothing is left,” she said crying
softly.
Courtesy:
The Hindustan Times News Service
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