The household of Captain Anshuman Singh, who was martyred whereas saving his comrades in Siachen, was awarded the Kirti Chakra by the President on 5 July 2024 for his indomitable braveness and bravado. However now one other ache of Anshuman Singh's mother and father has come to the fore.
It’s alleged that martyr Anshuman Singh's spouse Smriti has gone to her house in Gurdaspur alongside together with her husband's picture album, garments and different reminiscences and the Kirti Chakra given by the federal government. Based on the allegations, she not solely took the medal of the martyred son of the mother and father but in addition modified the everlasting tackle talked about in his paperwork to her house in Gurdaspur. Nevertheless, no assertion has come from Smriti on this matter but.
“We acquired married with nice expectations”
Whereas speaking to Aaj Tak, Ram Pratap Singh, father of martyr Anshuman Singh, mentioned that we had married Smriti with the consent of our son. We had married with nice pomp and with nice goals. Neither we nor Smriti's household left any stone unturned within the wedding ceremony. We had been all very completely happy. After marriage, Smriti began residing within the flat with my daughter who’s finding out BDS in Noida.
'We had been able to get Smriti married
He mentioned, 'When my son was martyred on 19 July 2023, my daughter-in-law Smriti and daughter had been in Noida. I requested them to come back to Lucknow by cab and from Lucknow we went to Gorakhpur. The final rites had been carried out there. However the very subsequent day of the thirteenth day rituals, daughter-in-law Smriti insisted on going house.'
Ram Pratap Singh mentioned, “When Smriti's father referred to your entire lifetime of his daughter, I actually mentioned that now she isn’t my daughter-in-law however my daughter, and if Smriti needs, each of us will get her married once more and I’ll ship her off as my daughter.”
'Smriti went to Noida the day after the thirteenth day'
He additional mentioned, 'Smriti went to Noida together with her mom the day after the thirteenth day rituals. In Noida, she took every thing associated to my son, his images, his wedding ceremony album, certificates, garments and so forth. and went to her mother and father. We got here to learn about this when my daughter went again to Noida and there was no belongings of my son Anshuman within the flat.'
Martyr Anshuman's father mentioned, 'When my son was awarded the Kirti Chakra for his indomitable braveness, the rule was that each the mom and spouse go to obtain the award. Anshuman's mom additionally went with him. The President awarded the Kirti Chakra to my son for his martyrdom, however I couldn’t even contact it as soon as.'
'I messaged and known as however there was no response'
Recalling that ceremony, Anshuman's mom Manju Singh mentioned, 'On July 5, Smriti and I went collectively to this system held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. After we got here out of the ceremony, on the insistence of the military officers, the Kirti Chakra got here into my hand as soon as once more for a photograph, however as quickly because the picture was taken, Smriti took the Kirti Chakra once more. We by no means acquired to the touch that honour of our son's martyrdom once more.'
Rampratap Singh, a retired military officer, says, 'When the federal government determined to put in a statue in reminiscence of our martyr son, we messaged our daughter-in-law. We informed her father to deliver the Kirti Chakra no less than as soon as for the statue unveiling ceremony, however there was no response.'
'Son's everlasting tackle has additionally been modified'
He mentioned, 'Now the daughter-in-law has even modified the SIM card in my son's identify. My son's everlasting tackle, which was the one id of his reference to us, that too with out our consent, with out our information… she has put her house tackle in my martyred son's everlasting tackle. Meaning now in future every time there shall be any correspondence from the federal government, it will likely be at Smriti's tackle. Now we have nothing to do with it.'
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