Rajasthan family of medical assistant who died in Pak attack to get battle casualty certificate
On July 28, during a special discussion on Operation Sindoor, Congress’s Jhunjhunu MP, Brijendra Singh Ola, had pointed out statements by ruling party MPs, quoting them as saying that no casualties had taken place.
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Paying his respects to Moga, the Air Chief Marshal also met his mother, Nanu Devi, his daughter Vartika and son Daksh and assured the family of all possible help. (Express photo)Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh has promised the family of Jhunjhunu’s Surendra Moga – who was posted as a medical assistant in Udhampur airbase and was killed in Pakistani shelling during the escalation of hostilities in May – a battle casualty certificate in a week or two, the family has said.
Singh had visited Jhunjhunu on Tuesday to pay tributes to Moga, who hailed from Mahradasi village in Jhunjhunu’s Mandawa tehsil. Moga’s wife, Seema Devi, said, “I am feeling very proud. My husband became a martyr for the country. Such big people have come, I am happy. They said they are with us always.”
Paying his respects to Moga, the Air Chief Marshal also met his mother, Nanu Devi, his daughter Vartika and son Daksh and assured the family of all possible help.
Sanjeev, Moga’s cousin, said, “The Air Force Chief has given 1-2 weeks’ time for the casualty certificate. We feel proud that the Air Force Chief came to our home. It felt very nice to hear the promise he made to us that they are always with us.”
On July 28, during a special discussion on Operation Sindoor, Congress’s Jhunjhunu MP, Brijendra Singh Ola, had pointed out statements by ruling party MPs, quoting them as saying that no casualties had taken place.
“I come from a state which sends the most number of persons to the Army, and from a district which has the most number of Armymen. They have given martyrdom in the biggest numbers, be it in 1947, 1965, 1971, or in 1999. Our Home Minister said, our MP from Himachal Anurag (Thakur) ji said that not a single sainik has attained martyrdom. I hail from the same district as Surendra Singh, who attained martyrdom in this action. I pay my respects to him par main inko bhi kehta hun ki aap bhi record ko durust kar len (but I would like to tell them to rectify their records),” he said.
In May, then Jhunjhunu District Collector Ramavtar Meena had said that Moga was posted as a medical assistant in Udhampur airbase, Jammu and Kashmir. In a subsequent briefing by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Colonel Sofiya Qureshi had said that apart from targeting military bases, Pakistan had also targeted medical facilities in Srinagar, Avantipura and Udhampur airbases.
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