Demolition specialist to martial arts expert: Know bravehearts who died in Tamil Nadu chopper crash

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 9

From an expert sniper to a demolition specialist, the country lost bravehearts in Tamil Nadu helicopter crash on Wednesday.

The crash killed India's first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Rawat, his wife and 11 others.

Naik Gursevak Singh

• 9 PARA (SF)
• Enrolled in March 2004
• Served in Ladakh, J&K (Poonch-Rajouri, South & North Kashmir)
• Demolition specialist and leadership course - Best Student
• Expert in Unarmed Combat and Close Quarter Battle.

Lance Naik Vivek Kumar

• 1 PARA SF
• Enrolled in December 2012
• Served in J&K (South & North Kashmir - Sino Indian border ahead of Spiti
• Specialist in Combat Freefall, Communication Expert and excellent in Unarmed Combat

Lance Naik Jitender Kumar

• 3 PARA (SF)
• Enrolled in March 2011
• Served in the Desert sector along Indo-Pak border, Sino-Indian border near Pithoragarh and J&K
• Expert sniper and specialist in Communications.

Lance Naik B Sai Teja

• 11 PARA (SF)
• Enrolled in June 2013
• Served in Super High Altitude in Arunachal along Sino-Indian border & Counter Terrorist operations in Manipur and Nagaland.
• Expert in Mixed Martial Arts, Unarmed Combat, Communications and Electronic Warfare.

Havildar Satpal Rai

• 5/11 Gorkha Rai
• Served in Siachen, Naushera, Nagaland, Manipur

Brig LS Lidder

• Commissioned to JAKRIF in Dec 1990
• DA to CDS since Jan 2021
• Approved to Maj Gen rank (was due to take over a Division)
• Commanded Brigade in Northern Borders
• Was Instructor at NDA
• CO 2 JAKRIF in UN in Congo
• DA at Kazakhstan
• Director at Military Operations Directorate

Lt Col Harjinder Singh

• 2/11 Gorkha Rifles
• Staff Officer to CDS.
• Commissioned- September 2001
• Instructor at IMA, Dehradun.
• Served in North East along LAC, LoC in J&K
• Instructor at IMA and Served in High Altitude Area.

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