Bust of martyr Major Yogesh Gupta to adorn chowk named after him

Nitish Sharma Tribune News Service Ambala, July 29 Eighteen years after the martyrdom of Major Yogesh Gupta, his bust is finally ready to be put up at the chowk in Ambala Cantonment renamed and constructed in January last year. The...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 12:46 PM Jul 30, 2020 IST

Nitish Sharma

Tribune News Service

Ambala, July 29

Eighteen years after the martyrdom of Major Yogesh Gupta, his bust is finally ready to be put up at the chowk in Ambala Cantonment renamed and constructed in January last year.

The MC had renamed Rajiv Gupta Ultrasound Chowk after Major Gupta. He sacrificed his life while fighting terrorists in Surankot in J&K on July 12, 2002. It took over 16 years to get a chowk renamed and another year to get the bust ready. Major Gupta’s family requested the MC to get the chowk repaired and get some lights fitted.

“The bust is ready and we are likely to receive it soon. We are thankful to the MC for accepting our demand and getting the bust prepared,” said Ved Prakash Gupta, the martyr’s father. The family said they would request Home Minister Anil Vij to unveil the bust. The wait for a gallantry award was still on.

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