Nation bows before Col Santosh Babu’s supreme sacrifice: BJP

Hyderabad, Jan 25 : Colonel B. Santosh Babu, who has been awarded Mahavir Chakra posthumously by the government on Monday, had laid down his life in the fight with Chinese troops in Ladakh.
He hailed from Suryapet district of Telangana.
State BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar said the nation bows before his supreme sacrifice.
“Acknowledging the valour of Col Santosh Babu, who lost his life in a fight with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley clash, the Government of India has awarded him posthumously with the 2nd highest wartime gallantry medal Mahavir Chakra. The nation bows before his supreme sacrifice,” Sanjay, also a Member of Parliament, tweeted.
The colonel and 19 other soldiers of 16 Bihar Regiment were killed in the clashes with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley of Ladakh on June 15 last year.
He is survived by his wife Santoshi, nine-year-old daughter Abhigna and four-year-old son Anirudh.