Army jawan from Maharashtra dies trying to save colleagues along LAC

MUMBAI: A jawan of the Indian Army from Nashik district of Maharashtra has died while trying to save his colleagues who had fallen into a river along the India- China border in the Galwan valley, Minister of State for Home Satej Patil said on Thursday. The jawan, Sachin More, was a native of Malegaon in Nashik district, around 200 km from here, he said.

Sachin More, who hailed from Malegaon tehsil, was posted on the India-China border. He died while trying to save his two colleagues who had fallen into a river. They were posted in the Galwan valley, Patil said.

Further details were awaited.


The Galwan valley was the scene of a fierce clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers on June 15.