Chinar Corps wrote in the tweet that they are maintaining the 'tradition' and 'ethos' of Indian Army and Chinar Corps by restoring the damaged grave of the officer who was killed in 1972

In a heart warming gesture to honour a "fallen soldier", the Indian Army said on Thursday that it has restored the damaged grave of a prominent officer of Pakistani military in Jammu and Kashmir. 

A photograph was tweeted by Srinagar-based Chinar Corps in which Major Mohd Shabir Khan's grave could be seen. 

The epitaph read: ''In memory of Major Mohd Shabir Khan, Sitar-e-Jurrat Shahid 05 May 1972, 1630 H, killed in counter attack by 9 Sikh''.

Chinar Corps wrote in the tweet that they are maintaining the "tradition" and "ethos" of Indian Army and Chinar Corps by restoring the damaged grave of the officer who was killed in 1972. 

"In keeping with the traditions & ethos of the #IndianArmy, #ChinarCorps resuscitated a damaged grave of Major Mohd Shabir Khan, Sitara-e-Jurrat, Pakistan Army, who was Killed in Action (KIA) at a forward location along LC in Naugam Sector on 05 May 1972."

"A fallen soldier, irrespective to the country he belongs to, deserves respect & honour in death. #IndianArmy stands with this belief. This is #IndianArmy for the world," it said in another post.

The gesture from the Indian Army came despite New Delhi's strained ties both with Islamabad and Beijing.

More than a month ago, Indian Army rescued three Chinese citizens who had lost their way at an altitude of 17,500 feet in North Sikkim despite a border standoff with China.

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