When Major Amit Deswal of the Army’s Special Forces died in a gun battle with insurgents in Manipur on April 14 last year, his widow Neeta was grief-stricken. The world had collapsed around her and her three-year-old son.
However, almost exactly one year on, Neeta is all set to join the army herself. The 33year-old has been selected as a Short Service Commission officer and will join the Officer’s Training Academy (OTA) at Chennai in April to get commissioned as a lieutenant.
Neeta could have taken up a cushy government that the Haryana government had offered her after her husband’s death but she chose the Ar my’s tough life. “I never thought of separating myself from the Army . Even after my husband’s martyrdom, he has a special status in the forces and I want to carry forward his legacy by becoming an officer myself,“ Neeta told TOI from Delhi, where she is staying at present. Neeta Deswal said, “My husband was my hero and serving in the army would keep him with me forever. I just heard my inner voice and decided to don the uniform. I am focusing on performing well during training.“
Both her parents as well as inlaws had supported her decision.
A resident of Surehati village in Haryana’s Jhajjar district, Major Deswal of 21 Para died in a gunbattle with Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) militants in densely forested Nungba area during a combing operation of the Rashtriya Rifles and the Special Forces. Barely two months later, Neeta had shifted to Delhi and started coaching for the Services Selection Board, an interview conducted by the army to select officers. She was recommended for Short Service Commission in November 2016 by the army’s selection center, Bhopal.She’s been selected on one post reserved for widows of defence personnel.
She will join OTA on April 1 for the next 49 weeks training to become an officer. Born and brought up in Dehradun, where her father was serving in the Survey of India, Neeta is preparing herself and her fouryear-old son Arjun for the tough days ahead. “ Arjun will either join his grandparents in Jhajjar or they will come to Delhi to look after him,“ she added.Major Deswal had volunteered for the elite Special Forces regiment and also served the Vikas battalion, which comes under Cabinet secretariat and provides muscle to RAW .
source: TOI
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