Army jawan from Maha dies trying to save colleagues along LAC

June 25, 2020 17:04

A jawan of the Indian Army from Nashik district of Maharashtra has died while trying to save his colleagues who had fallen into a river along the India- China border in the Galwan valley, Minister of State for Home Satej Patil said on Thursday. The jawan, Sachin More, was a native of Malegaon in Nashik district, around 200km from Mumbai, he said. Sachin More, who hailed from Malegaon tehsil, was posted on the India-China border. He died while trying to save his two colleagues who had fallen into a river. They were posted in the Galwan valley, Patil said. Further details were awaited. The Galwan valley was the scene of a fierce clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers on June 15.

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