Govt grants Rs 30 lakh to family of late Major
TNN / Nov 21, 2019, 14:30 (IST)
The family of Major Taher Hussain Khan, who was awarded a Sena Medal (gallantry) posthumously, has been granted Rs 30 lakh by the state government. Major Taher Hussain of Ghatkesar, who served in the 202 Army Aviation Squadron, died on February 10, 2015, in a helicopter crash while conducting rescue operations during Jammu and Kashmir floods. He was conferred the gallantry award posthumously on Independence Day in 2016.