Tamil Nadu awards Rs 12 lakh to kin of Major Mukund Varadarajan

February 17, 2015 18:38

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam handed over a cheque of Rs 12 lakh to Indhu Rebecca Varghese, widow of Major Mukund Varadarajanand a recipient of country's highest military award Ashok Chakra.

He was killed in an anti-terror operation with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir last year. Mukund, hailing from Tamil Nadu, joined the 22 Rajput after training at the Officers' Training Academy.

He had been deployed with the 44 Rashtriya Rifles for counter-insurgency operations in Shopian area in Jammu and Kashmir when he was killed on April 25, 2014.

Image: Major Varadarajan's bereaved family.

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