Army Chief commended & felicitated soldier who saved drowning girl

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India’s Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande commended and felicitated  a soldier for saving a human life. Sepoy Navaneetha Krishnan D  jumped into fast flowing water to save a drowning girl.

Incident happened near Patiala in Punjab on June 16  when the Sepoy Navaneetha Krishnan D ,  posted in Army Medical Core , was passing through the area. As soon as he came to know about a teenage girl who had fallen into the canal , Navaneetha Krishnan jumped into the fast flowing Bhakra canal. Sepoy rescued the drowning girl and saved her life.

“Sepoy DN Krishnan jumped in ferocious #BhakraCanal near #Patiala & rescued a drowning teenage girl who had fallen in the canal. Kudos to the indomitable spirit & courage of the soldier!” the Army PRO tweeted.

Sepoy Navaneetha Krishnan D got commendation and felicitation from Army Chief General Pande , for his gallant and  selfless humane act of saving the life of a girl , today in New Delhi.