Chandigarh, May 19

A 99-year-old former soldier belonging to the British times has donated Rs 1 lakh to the Army for fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. The soldier, Lance Naik Kesho Lal Verma, visited the Sub-Area Headquarters in Jalandhar today and handed over a cheque to senior Army officers.

Speaking to The Tribune from his residence in Jalandhar Cantonment, Verma said he had spent 16 years in the Army after having enrolled in 1942. He had served with the erstwhile Royal Indian Army Service Corps and was deployed with the British Army’s South East Asia Command during the World War-II.

After leaving the Army, he was employed with the state-run Pepsu Roadways in Punjab. — TNS