Ramgarh (Jharkhand): In a positive development, the mothers of three Indian soldiers from the Punjab regiment who were martyred in the Galwan face-off, received the insurance amount from the State Bank of India within one week.
Sepoy Ankush from Himachal Pradesh, and Sepoy Gurtej Singh and Sepoy Gurbinder Singh from Punjab, were martyred in the violent face-off with Chinese troops at Ladakh's Galwan Valley.
All the three soldiers were from the Punjab Regiment and had undergone training at the regimental centre in Jharkhand's Ramgarh.
Hence, all three of them had their salary accounts at the SBI's Ramgarh Cantt branch. Since all the three martyrs were unmarried, the insurance amount was transferred to their mothers.
"Those jawans who have their salary accounts with the SBI, are eligible for insurance amount of Rs 30 lakh, which is transferred to their nominee in the unfortunate case of their death in any incident," said Rahul Kumar, the Chief Manager of SBI's Ramgarh Cantt branch.
"All the three jawans had their mothers as their nominees. After we got the information about their martyrdom on June 17, we finished the procedures within one week, and transferred Rs 30 lakh each to their mothers' accounts," he added.
Earlier this month, 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in a violent face-off with the Chinese troops in Ladakh's Galwan Valley region.
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