Team News Riveting
Chennai, April 29
The wife of Naik Deepak Singh, a nursing assistant from Madhya Pradesh killed in action during the Galwan clash, joined the Indian Army as an officer.
Lt Rekha Singh, 29, passed out of the Officers Training Academy at Chennai on Thursday. She was allocated the Army Ordnance Corps and posted in Ladakh where her husband laid down his life for the country, combating the Chinese in June 2020.
The family hails from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh. Naik Deepak Singh of the Army Medical Corps who was awarded the Vir Chakra.
The Vir Chakra citation of Naik Deepak Singh reads, “Naik Singh assessed the battle situation and moved ahead to provide medical assistance. As the violence turned intense and casualties increased, he moved to the frontline to provide first aid to the injured soldiers.”
“During the violence coupled with stone-pelting, he sustained grievous injuries but continued rendering medical support to the injured soldiers. He managed to save as many as 30 lives before succumbing to his injuries.”
Deepak married Rekha in November 2019, just seven months before the Galwan clash. From the Medical Corps, he was attached to the 16th battalion of the Bihar Regiment that was deployed in the Galwan Valley.
Rekha Singh, a bachelor degree holder in science and education, was encouraged by the Army to take the UPSC exam. She cleared the exam and also the five-day SSB interview at Allahabad.
On Saturday, she was commissioned into the Army as an officer and has been posted to Ladakh.
