Lance Naik Sai Teja laid to rest
The Hindu
Lance Naik Sai Teja (27) was among the 14 defence staff killed in a helicopter crash in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu last week
The mortal remains of Lance Naik Sai Teja (27), who among the in Tamil Nadu last week, was laid to rest amidst military honor at his native village Eguva Regadapalle of Kurabalakota mandal near Madanapalle, on Sunday evening. The deceased Lance Naik who belongs to the 2012 batch was the personal security officer to former Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat who was among the killed in the crash.
Escorted by defence personnel, the chest containing the remains of Sai Teja was brought to the village by road in a special vehicle from the IAF basecamp in Bengaluru, decorated with garlands and tricolor. A large number of youth from several parts of the Madanapalle division had reached the Madanapalle outskirts in advance and paid tributes to the remains before it entered Chittoor district from the Karnataka border. For a distance of 23 kilometers, slogans of “Sai Teja Amar Rahe” rented the air. Thousands of people joined the funeral procession from Madanapalle to Eguva Regadapalle village.
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