The pension rule now applicable states, "The allowance shall be admissible to the recipient of the award and on his death to his widow lawfully married by a valid ceremony. The widow will continue to receive the allowance until her death.”
Four soldiers lost their lives and six others were injured after terrorists ambushed an army truck in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Monday afternoon.
"Because of his sacrifice, a thousand other lives were saved. We are very proud of him today", Mudassir Ahmed's grief-stricken father Maqsood Ahmed Sheikh said.