Martyr Sekhon, born on July 17, 1943 was commissioned in Indian Air Force on July 4, 1967
LUDHIANA: A wreath-laying ceremony was organised to pay tributes to the Param Vir Chakra recipient flying officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon on his martyrdom day at Mini Secretariat on Monday. Martyr Sekhon, a native of Rurka Issewal village in Dakha, had sacrificed his life during the Indo-Pak War of 1971.
Air Commodore Shoeb Kazmi, air officer commanding, Air Force Station Halwara, deputy commissioner (DC) Ludhiana Varinder Kumar Sharma and joint commissioner of police (headquarters) J Elanchezhian among other prominent persons paid tributes to him by laying wreaths while the Punjab Police presented the Guard of Honour.