Dehradun, Just when people who had poured out onto the roads of Uttarakhand to bid farewell to the four CRPF jawans who lost their life in the Pulwama Blast yesterday were returning home, news of another martyr, Major Chitresh Bist who died while defusing an improvised explosive earlier today reached home.
A pall of gloom hung heavy. Born and brought up in Dehradun Chitresh was the son of Retired Inspector SS Bist, a resident of Dharampur, Nehru Colony. A pass out of the 2010 batch of the Indian Military Academy, Chitresh was an officer with the 55 Engineers Corps.
The incident took place today afternoon, during sanitisation of track in Naushera Sector. Leading the Bomb Disposal Team Chitresh successfully defused one of the mines but while neutralizing another, the device got activated and the officer attained martyrdom, while a soldier suffered injuries.
According to sources, Major Chitresh was supposed to leave for his hometown today to get married on March 7th 2019, but destiny had other plans.
Condolence messages poured in from all quarters with Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat taking to twitter to pay tribute to Army Major Chitresh. Governor Baby Rani Maurya stated that Major Chitresh Singh Bist had given the ultimate sacrifice and the nation would always remain indebted for the supreme sacrifice and devotion to duty.
