Governor honoured the family of martyr Shivshankar Gupta, Said- Government did not fulfil the promise

On Kargil Vijay Diwas, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan honoured the family of Kargil martyr Shivshankar Gupta, resident of Bunchar village of Rafiganj, Aurangabad, at an honour ceremony organised by 'The Hindu Foundation, Nagpur' in Patna on Saturday. On this occasion, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary, former Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad, RSS regional organisation minister Nagendra Nath Tripathi, road construction minister Nitin Naveen, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's North East region's area incharge Mohan Singh and BJP's Bihar state organisation minister Bhikhubhai Dalsania etc. were present.

Martyr's wife and son honoured

In the programme, Governor Arif Mohammad Khan honoured martyr Shivshankar Gupta's wife Rekha Devi and son Rahul Kumar by giving them ang vastra and citation letter. During this, Kargil martyr Shivshankar Gupta's son Rahul Kumar, while giving a memorandum to the Governor and Deputy Chief Minister, said that the government had announced to give jobs to the family members of the Kargil martyr, but till now his family has not got a job. He requested that a member of his family be given a government job.

Payed homage by laying wreath

At the beginning of the program, the guests paid homage to the immortal martyrs of Kargil by laying wreath on their pictures. The speakers in the program said that Shivshankar Gupta was martyred bravely in the Kargil war. The dedication, sacrifice, martyrdom and martyrdom of immortal martyr Shivshankar Gupta will continue to shine like a bright light in the history of Aurangabad district. We bow down a thousand times to such a brave son, who sacrificed his life in the Kargil war to protect the identity of the country.

Shivshankar Gupta had entered the enemy's den to bring the commander's body

Shivshankar Gupta, son of Nandlal Gupta and Poonam Devi, residents of Bunchar village of Rafiganj block of Aurangabad, joined the army on 28 October 1996, two and a half years before the Kargil war. He was a soldier in the first battalion of the Bihar Regiment. This is the same regiment which attacked the enemies first and this is where the Kargil war started. In this war, the soldiers and officers of the battalion of Bihar Regiment were the first to be martyred. Sepoy Shivshankar Gupta was also included in this. When the enemies attacked the battalion of Bihar Regiment, Lance Naik Ganesh Prasad Yadav was in the front line. He was martyred by the bullets of the enemies. Shivshankar was also present there at that time. He wanted to bring the dead body of Ganesh Yadav. He went ahead with his fellow soldiers to bring the body of Ganesh Yadav. After reaching the 14230 feet high rocky and snowy hill, he saw that the body of the company commander Lance Naik was lying near the enemy's den. He crawled to the body and brought down the weapon and bullets. He climbed the hill again to bring the body of Lance Naik. As soon as he reached 50 meters, the enemies started firing. He was also shot but did not lose courage. Taking charge of the front, Shivshankar also fired at the enemies. Firing continued from both sides for about 2 hours. At that time, the body of Lance Naik Ganesh Yadav was captured by the enemies. Shiv Shankar Gupta reached the enemies. When he was returning with the body, the enemies fired again. Even after being shot, he did not lose courage and reached his area carrying the body of Lance Naik Ganesh Yadav on his shoulders. Shiv Shankar Gupta was shot several times. Due to this, he lost a lot of blood. Due to excessive bleeding, he was martyred there. After this, on 6 June 1999, a letter came to Shiv Shankar Gupta's family from the army. On opening the letter, there was a thousand rupees and the news of his son's martyrdom. The family had no news of martyrdom till a month before receiving the letter. About 35 days later, some army soldiers reached the village with the body of martyr Shiv Shankar.