His last rites will be performed tomorrow will full military honours in Bhayander town in neighbouring Thane district where his family lives.
Major Rane was a resident of Hiral Sagar society. The martyred major is survived by parents, wife and a two-and-a-half-year-old child.
On Tuesday, his father, who retired from Tata Power, Major’s wife Kanika and their child had left for Vaibhavwadi in Maharashtra, where the family had constructed a new house. He got a call, not from his only son as was the routine, but from an Army official informing him of Kaustubh’s death.
The chief minister said in a tweet “We Salute from Thane for his supreme sacrifice for Bharat Mata ! He lost his life while foiling infiltration bid in Gurez in Jammu & Kashmir. We stand firm with his family in this hour of grief.”