He fought in three wars for India but is fighting a big battle at home. An 82-year-old former soldier of the Indian Army and his wife have been forced to stay in rented accommodation and at times with relatives after their son allegedly threw them out of the house which is in his (the former soldier's) name. They are now thinking of fighting for their flat legally.

Vithhal Govind Khandale served the Indian Army as a sepoy from 1953 to 1976. He fought in three wars — two against Pakistan (1965 and 1971) and one against China. Hailing from Shirambe village in Satara district, Khandale later worked as a security guard with VSNL in Mumbai and retired in the year 1997. He shifted with his family to his village in 2001, when his house at Poisar went for redevelopment.