Colonel Santosh Babu, fulfilled his father's personal dreams of serving the country and was expecting a posting to this city before making the supreme sacrifice. He was one Indian Army officer killed in a violent clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh on Monday night. Babu and two soldiers were killed in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh during a clash with Chinese troops in the first such incident involving fatalities after a gap of 53 years. Relevantly this signals a massive escalation in the five-week border standoff in the sensitive region.