Statue of Kargil hero unveiled

Statue of Kargil hero unveiled

Tribune News Service

Bengaluru, November 6

The statue of Capt Neikezhakuo Kenguruse was today unveiled near the gate of the Army Service Corps Centre (South).

Kenguruse was an Angami Naga and sacrificed his life for India. He was given the Maha Vir Chakra.

He hailed from Nerhema village near Nagaland capital Kohima and died at the age of 25. While moving through a terrain, he killed four enemies before being shot off the cliff.

“During Operation Vijay, Kengurese led the attack as a platoon commander. Despite suffering an injury in the abdomen, the officer climbed the stiff cliff and fired a rocket launcher on the enemy bunker, thus ensuring the achievement of the battalion mission,” a press release stated.

“When Kengurese’s body arrived in Dimapur, Nagaland, people in large numbers gathered to salute him,” RK Johnson, who teaches mass communication at St Joseph College, said.