The brave son of India Sepoy Shiv Singh
| 18-Dec-2018 |
On 11 Dec 2017, the Gurez sector in the mountainous northern region of the Kashmir valley received heavy snowfall resulting in avalanches in the area. Sepoy Shiv Singh was part of the patrol team carrying out the assigned task in the rugged and inhospitable terrain and carried away in this avalanche. The body of Sepoy Shiv Singh was recovered after one week of search on 18 Dec 2017. We lost one of the brave sons of our country Sepoy Shiv Singh in this avalanche. Sepoy Shiv Singh hailed from Gullarwala Karsouli village in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh. He had joined the Indian Army in 2009 at the age of 19 years. By 2017, Sepoy Shiv Singh had put in eight years of service operating in various areas with different terrain and operating conditions. General BipinRawat and all ranks of Indian Army salute Lance Sepoy Shiv Singh who made the supreme sacrifice in Gurez Sector Jammu and Kashmir.