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Siachen soldier remains immortal: PM Narendra Modi

Updated on: 11 February,2016 03:30 PM IST  | 
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid tribute to Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad who died on Thursday in a hospital after battling for his life for two days

Siachen soldier remains immortal: PM Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid tribute to Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad who died on Thursday in a hospital in New Delhi after battling for his life for two days. He had been dug out alive after being buried under the ice for six days in the Siachen glacier


Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi


"He leaves us sad and devastated. RIP Lance Naik Hanumanthappa. The soldier in you remains immortal. Proud that martyrs like you served India," Modi said in a tweet.


He died at 11.45 a.m. at the Army Hospital( Research and Referral), an official told IANS.

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