12-21-2005, 04:49 AM
<b>Disabled Army officers to protest Govt apathy</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Peeved at the treatment meted out to them by the Indian Army after they were disabled while in service, a group of former Army officers on Tuesday announced <b>they would burn their gallantry medals at India Gate in New Delhi on December 28.</b>
The retired officers said that despite being disabled while in the service of the country, the Army authorities had chosen to shower apathy on them - even denying them their pension benefits.
The officers, numbering about two dozen, said their protest was meant to highlight the plight of hundreds of soldiers who were fighting legal cases against the Army to get their dues.................
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Its really sad.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Peeved at the treatment meted out to them by the Indian Army after they were disabled while in service, a group of former Army officers on Tuesday announced <b>they would burn their gallantry medals at India Gate in New Delhi on December 28.</b>
The retired officers said that despite being disabled while in the service of the country, the Army authorities had chosen to shower apathy on them - even denying them their pension benefits.
The officers, numbering about two dozen, said their protest was meant to highlight the plight of hundreds of soldiers who were fighting legal cases against the Army to get their dues.................
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Its really sad.