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Pathankot martyrs cremated with state honours

Amid slogans of \\\\\\'Bharat mata ki jai\\\\\\', the mortal remains of Pathankot martyr Garud Commando Gursewak Singh were consigned to flames.

By :  vittal shastri
Update: 2016-01-10 12:37 GMT
Wife Radhika, center, gestures as she sits next to the coffin of her husband and India's National Security Guard commando, Niranjan Kumar, who was among those killed in the attack on the Pathankot airforce base. (Photo: PTI)
Amid slogans of 'Bharat mata ki jai', the mortal remains of Pathankot martyr Garud Commando Gursewak Singh were consigned to flames at his native town in the district on Monday with full military honours.
Father and daughter of Lt Col Niranjan Kumar at their home in Bengaluru on Monday. 'Dad! I am on an operation', were the last words of Niranjan Kumar to his father Shivarajan E.K., who called his 35-year-old son on Saturday afternoon.
Indian army soldiers carry a portrait of India's National Security Guard commando, Niranjan Kumar. He was killed while he was trying to defuse a live grenade from the body of a dead terrorist at the Pathankot airbase.
My son always wanted to join the army since his childhood. I am very proud that he has done his job well, says his father.
Senior officers of NSG were present on the occasion to salute the brave officer who laid down his life in the line of duty.
Hundreds of people gathered at the home of Lt Colonel Niranjan Kumar in Kerala's Palakkad on Tuesday morning to bid farewell to the National Security Guard officer, who died on Sunday while defusing a grenade after terrorists attacked an air force base in Pathankot.
Amid slogans of \\\\\\'Bharat mata ki jai\\\\\\', the mortal remains of Pathankot martyr Garud Commando Gursewak Singh were consigned to flames.

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