Pathankot attack: Mortal remains of NSG Lt Col Niranjan brought home
January 04, 2016  08:22
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Lieutenant Colonel Niranjan Kumar of the National Security Guard, who died during combing operations at the Pathankot air base which was struck by a terror attack on Saturday, will be cremated today in his home town in Kerala's Palakkad. Lt Col Kumar's body was brought to Bengaluru last night and has been kept at his residence where people paid tributes to the martyr this morning. 

"His elder brother is in Delhi. He is a squadron leader in the Air Force. So I had given his number (for emergency contact). After 15-20 minutes, he called and said there is a bad news that in the Pathankot attack, Niranjan had died," Lt Col Kumar's father said.

A native of Kerala, Lt Col Kumar was a member of the bomb disposal squad. A grenade that had lodged into a dead body went off while he was trying to defuse it during combing operations. Four jawans were injured in the blast.
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