Nation pays last respect to Army Martyr in Dehradun amid chants 'Major Chitresh Bisht Amar Rahe’

There was an atmosphere of gloom and despair among the thousands who gathered to salute the supreme sacrifice made by their local brave heart, Major Chitresh Singh Bisht, in Uttarakhand’s state capital Dehradun.

Major Chitrsh Bisht

Dehradun: The nation paid its last respects to Major Chitresh Bisht, who attained martyrdom  while diffusing an IED in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nowshera on Saturday. There was an atmosphere of gloom and despair among the thousands who gathered to salute the supreme sacrifice made by their local braveheart in Uttarakhand’s state capital Dehradun - The atmosphere soon got charged up and electrified with chants of How’s the josh? High Sir!’, ‘Major Bisht Amar Rahe’ His mortal remains were brought to his Dehradun home on Sunday. The Major's body was brought to the Jollygrant airport in an army aircraft from where it was taken to the military hospital Dehradun where it will be kept till Monday when the last rites will be performed. Major Bisht from the Corps of Engineers was leading a bomb disposal squad team for sanitisation when mines were detected on the track inJammu and Kashmir’s Naushera sector around 3 pm, a defence spokesman had said Saturday. He said the team defused one of the mines successfully but while neutralizing another mine, the device got activated and the officer suffered grievous injuries and attained martyrdom, he had said. The Army major’ family who reside in Dehradun’s Nehru Colony was eagerly awaiting his arrival later this month for his marriage slated for March 7 was struck by grief as the sad news arrived on Saturday evening. Friends and relatives kept pouring into his home throughout the day to comfort his distraught parents. Prominent among those who came to commiserate with the family since Saturday night were Pradesh BJP president Ajay Bhatt, senior party leader Tirath Singh Rawat and party MLAs Vinod Chamoli and Umesh Sharma Kau.