Panipat: Supreme sacrifices of Colonel Manpreet Singh, Major Ashish Dhonak and police DSP Himayun Bhatt brought a pall of gloom to the family members, who are also proud of the acts of these martyrs.
All three laid down their lives in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag on Wednesday. The family members of Ashish Dhonak, a resident of Binjhaul village of Panipat, were even not aware of his demise. Major Dhanok was about to visit his home for a housewarming for his newly-built home.
As soon as the martyred army officer's kin received the information of his demise late in the evening from TV, they could not believe it. On the one hand, the family members were in shock at the demise of Ashish. On the one hand, they are proud that the army officer made the supreme sacrifice.
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Ashish Dhonak of Panipat was recruited as Lieutenant in 2012. His first posting was in Rajouri, before he was transferred to Meerut, Baramulla and Bhatinda, After being promoted to the rank of major in 2018, he was posted in Rajouri.
Ashish was born on October 22, 1987, to Lalchand and Kamala Devi, residents of Binjhaul village. Ashish's uncle said apart from being a good student, he was also interested in sports and was also a gold medalist in badminton.
