R-II Roshan Lal

R-II Roshan Lal

R-II Roshan Lal

(11/01/1974 - 08/08/1999)
Medal

No 3991656Y R-II Roshan Lal was born on 11 January 1974 in a Village Paplol of District Solan Himachal Pradesh. He joined 52 SAG NSG on 27 December 1997.
On 07 September 1999, a column of No 3 Sqn of 52 SAG (NSG) was tasked to lay cordon of a house in which the terrorists were hiding in village Targan, Tehsil Banihal, District Doda (J&K). On 08 Sep 1999 at about 0100 hrs, the terrorist tried to break the cordon by firing at the cordon party in an attempt to escape under the cover of darkness. R-II Roshan Lal who was a part of the cordon party came under heavy volume of fire and sustained multiple bullet injuries. Without caring about his personal safety, he immediately retaliated the fire coming from terrorists and killed one of them. R-II Roshan Lal succumbed to his injuries and made the supreme sacrifice as a conspicuous act of bravery, unparalleled dedication to the mission during Ops Vijay (Ops Rakshak-III) on 08 Sep 1999. He was awarded Sena Medal (Posthumous) for his gallant action. He was survived by Father Sh. Mohan Singh, Mother Kanta Devi, and wife Smt Savitri Thakur.