Retd Colonel travels to India for wedding in sahayak's family

It's a buddy tale. A Colonel retired from the 25 Madras Regiment has come all the way from Canada to attend the wedding of his former sahayak's son.

The friendship between the officer and the sahayak is in contrast to some recent cases of the sahayaks being misused or abused by the officers.

For Col G S Ghuman, all it took was a call from his former 'buddy' - as sahayaks are known in the Army - inviting him to attend his son's wedding.

Havildar Balagowda Raigowda Patil worked as the Colonel's 'buddy' for almost two decades, before the two retired from the Army around 10 years ago.

"He (Patil) is family. How could I say no? I had to attend his son's wedding. So here I am, in India," Col Ghuman told

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