My Father is an Angel: Aranaya, Pramod Kumar's daughter
Aranaya's father Pramod Kumar, a CRPF Commandant, lost his life in a militant attack in Srinagar's Nowhatta region in Jammu and Kashmir.
In Short
- Aranaya controlled her tears kept repeating "My Father is now an Angel".
- From saluting her father's coffin to standing as a pillar by her mother.
- All she did was make the gathering of thousands proud of what a 7 year old girl could do.
A six year old daughter did what even her mother could not. Saluting a Martyr on his last journey. As Aranaya controlled her tears and consoled her mother too, she kept repeating just one sentence..."My Father is now an Angel".
Her father Pramod Kumar, a CRPF Commandant lost his life in a militant attack in Srinagar's Nowhatta region in Jammu and Kashmir.
Pramod was part of the 49th battalion of CRPF that successfully killed two militants in an attack.
As his body wrapped in the Tricolour flag was brought just a day after 70th Independence Day, the entire region of Jharkhand including Police Commissioner of Asansol, Durgapur, Laxmi Narayan Meena was present for a guard of honour to the braveheart.
Born on 15h October 1972, Pramod had joined CRPF in 1998 and was posted on several strategic locations including the Special Protection Group from 2011-2014.
After more than 18 years of service, he was promoted as the Commanding Officer just a few months earlier.
The strength that was shown by Pramod in the gun-battle was displayed by his six-year-old daughter Aranaya in his hometown of Mihijam, situated on Bengal-Jharkhand border but as a silent spectator.
From saluting her fathers coffin to standing as a pillar by her mother, all she did was make the gathering of thousands proud of what a seven-year-old girl could do.
Also Read: CRPF commandant Pramod Kumar served the nation till his last breath: Rajnath Singh