On the 19th July, 1988 Second Lieutenant Rajeev Sandhu was leading a convoy of two vehicles from Madu rang Keni Kulam to Mangani in Sri Lanka for collection of dry rations. On the way his jeep_was suddenly fired upon by the militants with rockets and AK-47 and 7.62 rifles. He was seriously wounded and a direct : bit of a rocket completely mutilated both his legs. Totally Crippled and bleeding profusely, he tumbled out of the jeep with bis 9 milimeter carbine and crawled to a fire position.

 

Presuming that every one in the vehicle had been killed, one of the militants came out of hiding and approached the jeep to pick up the weapons and ammunition. But all was not over yet for Second Lieu tenant Rajeev Sandhu. Despite the fact that his legs were totally smashed and his body was perforated with bullets, he lifted his carbine with his blood soaked hands, sprayed the militant with bullets and killed him. The militant was later found to be none other than Kumaran of the group led by Batticaloa Sector militant Leader Karuna.