Sullia: Subedar Ugrani Mane (U M) Raghupati (43), hailing from Mandekolu which is also the home village of Union railway minister D V Sadananda Gowda, has done the district proud by being part of the Indian army’s lightning attack against the extremists taking shelter in Myanmar earlier this week.
Subedar Raghupati
Had he been on holidays at home, he would have celebrated the completion of 13th year of his wedded life with Bharati from Kodtilu in Aivernad. But the call of duty made him celebrate it with a decisive victory against the extremists at their hideout in former Burma.
Son of Ugrani Mane Jattappa Gowda and the late Seetamma, Raghupati had discontinued Law studies and joined the Army, since he has harboured great patriotic feelings at heart. After initial training in Belagavi, he served in the Maratha Regiment and Para Regiment Training Centre in Bengaluru, which led to his promotion as Subedar.
Although he had signed a bond with Army to serve for 15 years, Raghupati has continued and has completed 25 years in service. Before leaving on the Myanmar mission on June 6, he had called up his wife Bharati and informed that he would not be available for four days.
While returning from the successful operation, while at the international border between India and Myanmar, on Wednesday, June 10, he phoned his wife again to convey the big news. This not only brought pride to the family but also relieved them of concern that had prevailed over the crucial four days.
He narrated the story of having shot down 50 ultras, after crossing on foot a forest ridden with leeches over a distance of 9 kilometres.
His elder brother Ravindra is employed with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and is serving in Kota, Rajasthan. The other two are sisters.
Family sources said that there were about 30 soldiers from Mandekolu serving in the Indian Army. Interestingly, eight of them hail from the same family, Ugrani Mane.
This is amazing!! Around 30 people from Mandekolu area serving in Indian army. Compare this to hub of gold smugglers – Kasaragodu!! How many people from the kasaragodu community are serving in Indian army ? Does Sharia shaikh or Pincode pai have an answer????
ORIGINAL RSS DID NOT KNOW THAT SO MANY PEOPLE FROM MANDEKOLU WERE IN THE INDIAN ARMY.
HOWEVER, HE HAS ASKED ME HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM KASARAGODU COMMUNITY ARE SERVING IN THE ARMY.
FROM KASARAGODU COMMUNITY, THERE ARE FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX MUSLIMS AND TWENTY THREE CHRISTIANS AND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO NON-GSB HINDUS ARE THERE. ONLY NOT A SINGLE GSB COMMUNITY PERSON OF KASARAGOD IS SERVING IN THE ARMY.
IF SERVING IN THE ARMY IS YOUR TOUCH STONE OF PATRIOTISM, I AM REALLY SORRY! PAIMAAM, DO YOU WANT ANY MORE INFORMATION?
There should be a law (if there isn’t one already) to protect the identity of such soldiers involved in sensitive operations as some of our own nutcase enemy-sympathisers may target them one day.
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Hope the ‘Ajeerna’ tablet bottle is somewhere close by. – Mr. ರಾಜದೀಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟ್ರೇ to Mr. Shaikh
ಮಿಸ್ಟರ್ ರಾಜದೀಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟ್ರೇ,
Has our walking & talking apothecary called ಒರಿಜಿನಲ್ ಯೂಮ್ರೀಕಿ ರಾಂಪ come to ಮಂಗಳೂರು with his ಅಜೀರ್ಣ ಟ್ಯಾಬ್ಲೆಟ್ ಬಾಟ್ಲಿ?