Tribute paid to martyr Captain Navpal Singh Sidhu on 20th death anniv

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Updated At : 12:01 PM Dec 31, 2021 IST

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Abohar, December 30

Hundreds of people paid tribute to Captain Navpal Singh Sidhu on his 20th Balidan Diwas at his memorial located outside his native village Chak 40 RB on Padampur Road.

Army Captain Vidyadhar Singh and Lok Sabha member Nihal Chand led the wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial.

Navpal was martyred in 2002 after he gunned down three PoK-trained terrorists in Surankote area of Poonch region in Jammu and Kashmir. He was awarded Shaurya Chakra posthumously.

Navpal’s father Lieutenant Col Agyapal Singh Sidhu (retd) had led the offensive against the Pakistani Army in the 1965 and 1971 wars. He and martyr’s brother Rajpal Singh Sidhu thanked the people for remembering Navpal.

A blood donation camp by the Harprabh Aasra Seva Samiti with the help of Tapovan Blood Bank was also organised at the event. — OC

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