R-Day Parade: President turns emotional after honouring Garud commando
R-Day Parade: President turns emotional, honoured Garud commando: President Ram Nath Kovind appeared emotional after he awarded the Ashok Chakra to Air Force Garud commando Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala here.
Corporal Nirala laid down his life after shooting two terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district in November.
The president presenting the award to Corporal Nirala’s wife Sushmanand and his mother Malti Devi at the Republic Day Parade.
Corporal Nirala was part of a Garud Special Forces Unit of the IAF, a detachment of which was attached to a Rashtriya Rifles battalion under the aegis of Op Rakshak.
In the violent exchange of fire, Corporal Nirala was hit by a volley of small arms fire. Despite being critically injured, he continued the retaliatory fire.
He later succumbed to the fatal gunshot wounds.
