Uttarakhand has lost two of its brave sons in the suicide bomb attack on the CRPF convoy in which 43 soldiers were martyred on Thursday. According to the reports, one of the martyrs, Virendra Singh Rana, was a resident of Mohammandpur Budhia village of Khatima in Udham Singh Nagar district. A pall of gloom descended over the locality when the news of the death of Virendra was communicated to his family on Thursday night. Brother-in- law of the martyr, Ramkishan said that the Virendra was the youngest of three sons of Diwan Singh. His elder brother Jairam Singh is a retired Border Security Force (BSF) personnel. The martyr is survived by his wife, a five-year- old daughter and a two-year- old son.
Ramkishan added that Virendra had left for Jammu on Tuesday after he completed a leave of 20 days.
The second martyr, Mohan Lal Raturi was a resident of Bankot village of Chinyalisaur of Uttarkashi district. He was the assistant sub- inspector (ASI) in the 76th battalion of CRPF.
The family of Mohan Lal comprises his wife, three daughters and two sons who are at present living at Vidhya Vihar Colony, Kargi Chowk.
While expressing his heartfelt condolence to the families of the martyrs, the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has declared that one dependent of each of the martyrs would be given a job in the State Government. He also declared that a sum of Rs 25 lakh each would be provided to the families of the martyrs.