Pulwama martyr Major Dhoundiyal's wife Nitika Kaul joins Indian Army
- 3 years ago
The widow of the Indian Army officer, Major Vibhuti Shankar Dhoundiyal, who was killed fighting terrorists in Pulwama in February 2019, donned olive green as she was commissioned into the Indian Army.
Nitika Kaul passed out from the Officer’s Training Academy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on Saturday and is now commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Indian Army.
Her husband, Major Vibhuti Dhoundiyal was part of an operation in Pinglang area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama on the trail of those behind the Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF soldiers.
While the forces were successful in neutralising JeM commander Kamran, one of the key plotters of the Pulwama attack on the CRPF convoy, Major Dhoundiyal along with three others were killed in the attack. For his valour, he was decorated with the Shaurya Chakra.
Nitika Kaul passed out from the Officer’s Training Academy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on Saturday and is now commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Indian Army.
Her husband, Major Vibhuti Dhoundiyal was part of an operation in Pinglang area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama on the trail of those behind the Pulwama attack that killed 40 CRPF soldiers.
While the forces were successful in neutralising JeM commander Kamran, one of the key plotters of the Pulwama attack on the CRPF convoy, Major Dhoundiyal along with three others were killed in the attack. For his valour, he was decorated with the Shaurya Chakra.