Mukund varadarajan died: Maj Mukund Varadarajan was

Maj Mukund Varadarajan was killed in action on April 25, 2014, after neutralising three terrorists in Shopian district. He was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra, the nation's highest peace-time gallantry award, for his courage and leadership. R Varadarajan and his wife Geetha wait for their son Major Mukund Varadarajan to arrive in a coffin at their modest flat in Tambaram in Chennai. “I love my son, I am proud of him… I miss him,” said Varadarajan on Sunday evening. His son Mukund of the 44 Rashtriya Rifles was killed in an encounter with militants in J&K on Friday. Major Mukund Varadarajan was an Indian Army officer who received the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry award, for his actions in Kashmir. He was killed by militants in 2014 while leading a counter-insurgency operation in Shopian district.