A team of Army personnel handed over a memento and a letter of appreciation on Monday to the family of Major Mariappan Saravanan, who laid down his life during the Kargil war in 1999.

The memento and the letter of appreciation from the General Officer Commanding of the Indian Army’s 8 Mountain Division was handed over to Major Saravanan’s sister Dr. Chitra Senthil Kumar in Tiruchi. The Army team offered floral tributes to the portrait of Major Saravanan kept at the residence of his sister.