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Martyred Colonel Mahadik to be given 21 gun salute

| | Nov 19, 2015, at 05:37 pm
Satara, Maharashtra, Nov 19 (IBNS) Colonel Santosh Mahadik, the 38-year-old Indian Army Officer who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, will be cremated with full military honours including a 21-gun salute in his home town Satara in Maharashtra on Thursday.

Reports said Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, many politicians and retired armymen will attend the last rites of the martyred officer.

Mahadik is survived by his wife and two children, aged 11 and seven.

Colonel Mahadik, the commanding officer of 41 Rashtriya Rifles, was killed when he was leading from the front a counter-infiltration operation in the Manigah forest of Kupwara.

 

#Colonel Mahadik # Satara # Cremation # Gun salute

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