Harshan told his older brother Vyasan that he would visit him first at Nagpur and then go home. Vyasan was then on probation with the Indian Revenue Service. He has now been selected to the Indian Administrative Service.
But fate had other plans.
On March 20, the day he had packed up to leave, he heard that some terrorists had been sighted at Kupwara. Immediately, he took 20 men with him and travelled there.
After successfully completing the mission, as he was coming down, he was fired at from behind the bushes. A bullet hit him on the thigh. He fired back. A gunbattle ensued.
Although he was injured badly, Harshan took charge of the situation, killed three terrorists and saved the lives of his men.
But a bullet from a terrorist hit him in the neck.
Captain Harshan breathed his last on the borders of the country, protecting India from the menace of terrorism.
Image: Harshan's parents. Like any parent would be, they are heartbroken. But they are proud their son died fighting for the country
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