Capt Kapil Kundu (Gurugram)

Chandigarh, February 5

Captain Kapil Kundu, who was killed in Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday, was to visit home on his 23rd birthday on February 10.Capt Kundu was a resident of Ransika village near Pataudi in Haryana’s Gururgram district.His mother, Sunita, 52, who was struggling to hold back her tears, said her son loved an adventurous life. “Kapil was to visit us on his birthday. He always used to surprise me and tell his sisters first about his visit,” she said. He had visited the family in November.Sunita Kundu lost her husband Lala Ram Kundu when Kapil Kundu was just 15. Now pain and anger rage inside her heart at having lost her son.Family members said Capt Kundu believed in life that was larger in stature and not in length. “He loved nature. He was a great patriot. He used to write poetry to express his feelings for the country. He used to say the country is supreme,” she said. — PTI