WATCH: Dressed in Army uniform, Colonel Manpreet Singh’s 6-year-old son bids final salute to father

India mourns the death of two India Army officers - Colonel Manpreet Singh and Major Ashish Dhonchak - and DSP Humayun Bhat who died during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag. The last rites of the martyred soldiers were performed in their respective hometowns and visuals left several tear-eyed. A video of the six-year-old son of Colonel Manpreet Singh is winning hearts of netizens. The clip shows the young boy, dressed in an Army uniform saluting his father’s mortal remains that was kept in the courtyard of their home at Mullanpur Garibdass in Punjab. He is also seen waving his hand over the coffin in which Col. Singh’s body was kept.

Col. Singh also has a two-year-old daughter who was sitting on her mother’s lap.

The mortal remains of Col. Singh were carried for the last rites amid chants of “Col Manpreet amar rahe” and “Jo Bole So Nihal, Sat Sri Akal”.

Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit laid a wreath on the mortal remains of Col. Singh and paid tribute to him.

Former Army chief General (retd) VP Malik also paid respect to Col Singh.

Col. Singh will be cremated with full state honours. He will be accorded a final guard of honour by his 19 Rashtriya Rifle (RR). Col. Manpreet Singh hailed from a small village in Punjab named Bharonjian which is situated on the outskirts of Chandigarh. He was posted in Kashmir with the Rashtriya Rifle and his tenure was about to end in four months.

In 2021, he was decorated with the Sena Medal for Gallantry when he was a Lieutenant Colonel with the RR. Col. Singh is survived by his mother, wife Jagmeet Grewal and two children. His father, who died a few years ago, was also a retired Indian Army veteran.