HE WORKED WITH AN MNC BEFORE JOINING THE FORCE

GURDASPUR: Dinanagar, 11km from district headquarters, a town that had already seen a terror attack in July 2015 leading to seven deaths, lost another of its son, Maninder Singh, 30, on Thursday.

His father Satpal Attari, a retired traffic manager from Punjab Roadways depot, said his son joined the CRPF under sports quota 15 months ago. “I got the news of my son’s death over phone on Thursday midnight,” an inconsolable Attari said, adding that Maninder was an outstanding basketball player and had a n I-T degree. He also worked with an MNC before joining the CRPF. “Maninder told his younger brother he had told him that he would get married only after becoming a senior officer in the CRPF,” Attari said.