The rampage at Red Fort – A national shame
January 31, 2021, 3:08 PM IST
Saroj served in the Indian Army as a technical officer for 23 years and opted for premature retirement in 1991. Operational service includes 1971 India-Pakistan war in high altitude sector and two years in counterinsurgency operations in northeast. LESS... MORE
The events of 26 January, 2021 at the Red Fort that unfolded as the protesters went berserk before the police sprang into action, have without a doubt shamed the nation in a manner that would not be easy to forget for any right-minded citizen. And if that right minded citizen happens to be a soldier, past or present, the pain that he would have felt is something that a normal citizen cannot even fathom ever in his life.