Tribune News Service

Ambala, November 4

Sepoy Randeep Singh, a resident of Dera Hariyoli in Ambala, was cremated with state honours at his native village on Monday. Randeep died of heart attack in Sikkim while on duty in the wee hours on Saturday.

Commanding Officer Rajat Sehrawat, Subedar Major Haripal, Mullana MLA Varun Chaudhary, DSP Amit Bhatia, Tehsildar Punyadeep Sharma and a large number of other people laid wreaths and paid their tributes as a mark of respect to the deceased Army man.

Randeep (33) of the 27th Rajput Regiment was posted at Nathu La Pass. He is survived by wife Anjali and two minor daughters Manvi (6) and Riya (3). He joined Army in 2005.

Randeep felt pain in his chest on Friday and then again on Saturday, following which he was taken to the military hospital for treatment where he breathed his last.

Meanwhile, kin of the Army man marked their resentment after not finding any senior district official or government representative at the cremation. They said no senior official has visited the family yet.

However, the district administration maintained that representatives from the administration, Zila Sainik Board and the police attended the last rites of the Army man.

Ex-serviceman Shripal Singh, Randeep’s uncle-in-law, said, “We were told that Randeep is unwell and has been taken to military hospital, but there was no official information about his demise. We came to know about his death only after my niece read a status on social media, which was posted by Randeep’s colleague on Saturday morning.”

“We were told that Randeep died due to heart attack. He was on duty at Nathu La Pass when experienced chest pain. It is sad that no senior official has visited the family even after three days of his demise.”