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Tribune News ServicePanchkula, July 9Panchkula MLA Gian Chand Gupta unveiled the statue of Major Sandeep Shankla at AWHO Society in Sector 20 here today. The statue has been set up by the Panchkula Municipal Corporation in memory of the martyr, who died fighting for the unity and integrity of the country. It is pertinent to mention here that on August 8, 1991, Major Shankla’s battalion, 18 Dogra, carried out a search and cordon operation at Zafarkhani village in Kupwara district. A soldier was injured in the crossfire with terrorists and Major Shankla, unmindful of the enemy fire, crawled out to drag him to safety, killing a terrorist. Major Sandeep Shankla was a resident of Panchkula and he had laid down his life for the unity and integrity of the country..