Major Dhoundiyal's wife: You loved the nation, we love you
February 19, 2019 16:29
Thousands of people on Tuesday paid their last respects to Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, who died fighting terrorists in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, at his residence in Dehradun. His mother Saroj, a cardiac patient, his wife Nikita Kaul, whom he had married less than a year ago, and a host of relatives and friends were crying inconsolably as Major Dhoundiyal's coffin was kept for people to pay their last respects before being taken to Haridwar for the last rites. In a twin tragedy for the family, Nikita Kaul's mother, Veena, passed away this morning, unable to bear the shock of the Major's death.
In moving images at the funeral, Nikita stood before her husband's body and said, ""I'm really proud... You lied to me that you loved me. In fact you loved the nation way more... We all love you."
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat placed a wreath on the coffin amid cries of "Shaheed Dhoundiyal Amar Rahein" and "Vande Mataram". People had climbed to rooftops and also stood on either side of the road leading to the officer's residence. Major Dhoundiyal's body, draped in the tricolour, was brought home late on Monday night.
The news of his death had come as the last rites of Major Chitresh Bisht, who died defusing a mine near the LoC in Rajouri district, were still underway in Haridwar on Monday.
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