Wreath laying ceremony conducted
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, December 14 2023:
HQ IGAR (South) on Thursday organised a wreath laying ceremony in honour of Sub/GD HB Thapa, rifleman/GD Rama Shankar, and rifleman/GD Om Bahadur Thapa of 4 Assam Rifles, who attained martyrdom in an ambush on a patrolling party along Imphal-Kamjong Road on December 14, 1994 .
According to PRO IGAR (S), in retaliation to the insurgent ambush, two NSCN (IM) cadres were gunned down and huge cache of arms and ammunition recovered.
The Assam Rifles trio sustained gunshot wounds and succumbed to their injuries, thereby laying down their lives as supreme sacrifice for the nation.
For their acts of gallantry, HB Thapa was awarded with Kirti Chakra, Rama Shankar with Shaurya Chakra and (Om Bahadur Thapa with Sena Medal, all posthumously, the PRO informed.