Lance Naike Goswami, who killed 10 terrorists in 11 days, posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra
The award was received by Bhavna Goswami, widow of the breaveheart.
Lance Naik Goswami was engaged in a fierce gunfight with terrorists hiding in the Hafruda forests in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir in September, last year. Despite critically wounded, he eliminated two terrorists and also saved the lives of his comrades.
The citation read out on the occasion said that Lance Naik Goswami succumbed to his injuries in the highest traditions of the Indian Army.
He hailed from Uttarakhand, and is survived by his wife and a seven-year-old daughter.
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