Patna (Bihar): The mortal remains of Havildar Sunil Kumar who lost his life in the violent face-off with China in Galwan Valley, was brought to his residence in Patna on Thursday morning.
The emotionally-charged crowd holding national flags raised slogans "Sunil Kumar Amar Rahe" as the tricolour-wrapped coffin was brought out of the ambulance by the army personnel.
At least 20 Indian Army personnel, including a Colonel rank officer, had lost their lives in the violent face-off in the Galwan valley area of Ladakh on June 15.
The Army has released the list of the martyrs who lost their lives on June 15-16. While Colonel Santosh Babu, Sunil Kumar and Havildar K Palani were killed in action at the Line of Actual Control, the other 17 injured soldiers succumbed to their injures in the sub-freezing temperatures of Ladakh.
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Both India and China are currently engaging in diplomatic and Army-level talks regarding the situation.
After 1975 this is the first violent incident on the India-China border in which casualties have taken place.
A large number of Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in Galwan Valley for the last five weeks. India and China are engaged in a standoff at multiple points along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh where the Chinese People's Liberation Army has amassed over 10,000 troops with its heavy artillery and armoured regiments on its side of the LAC.
The first standoff began on May 5th when Indian and Chinese soldiers clashed at Pangong Tso, which is a lake that extends from India to the Tibetan Autonomous Region, China, with the LAC passing through it.
ANI report
