ITANAGAR, 31 Jan: A soldier of the Indian Army’s Arunachal Scouts battalion saved a six-year-old boy from drowning in Shungetsar Lake in Tawang district on 28 January.
The incident occurred when the boy slipped into the ice covered lake, a tourist who witnessed the incident said.
“Havildar Leki Passang crawled upon the sleet for 25 mtrs and pulled the boy out of bone-chilling water without regard for his own life,” according to a defence release.
“This act of valour and instant action by the soldier of the Indian Army saved the life of the kid,” Tezpur-based Defence PRO Lt Col AS Walia said in a release.
Passang was on leave when the incident occurred.
The Indian Army commended him for his brave response.
