SHAHEED

HAVALDAR MANI RAM

Man who ‘rose against the wind’

CHANDIGARH:

>Havildar Mani Ram has become the first martyr of the Military Intelligence Corps in the ongoing Operation Vijay in the Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir. The Intelligence Corps today described Mani Ram as a "Tiger Hill martyr who rose against the wind." He died on July 3 while fighting Pakistan regulars and Mujahideens in the Kargil sector, an Intelligence Corps release said here. Mani Ram was recruited in 19 Jat Regiment in 1981 and had joined the Intelligence Corps in 1984. The 36-year-old soldier is survived by his aged father, mother, young wife and two sons.