Army should give befitting reply to China, says father of fallen solider
Hindustan TimesThe father of one of two soldiers from West Bengal, who were among the 20 personnel killed after a violent face-off with Chinese troops along the undefined Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, said the Indian Army should give a befitting reply to China. My only request to the Indian Army is that they should give a befitting reply to China and avenge the killing of Indian soldiers,” Subhash Orang said. The martyr’s younger sister Shakuntala Orang, with whom he had last spoken two weeks back and his mother Mamata Orang echoed the same: “We want a the country to avenge his death. We want a befitting reply.” Chief minister Mamata Banerjee condoled the death of both the soldiers and said that the government will support the families with Rs 5 akh each and a government job to one member of the deceased’s family.