Indian soldier regains consciousness after 15 hours, recalls fight with Chinese soldiers

Shikha Chaurasia

Alwar (Rajasthan), June 19, 2020: After violent clashes between the Indian and the Chinese armies on the night of 15th June, Surendra Singh who was injured by a Chinese soldier regained consciousness after 15 hours at a hospital in Leh. The clashes happened in the Galwan valley in eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) which marks the border of India and China. Over 1000 Chinese soldiers attacked 250 Indian soldiers. The battle lasted for around 5 hours in the freezing cold water and sub-zero temperature conditions.

Surendra Singh (40) from Naugawa in Alwar district in Rajasthan was attacked by the Chinese soldiers. He was attacked with rods and sticks which were wrapped with barbed wire. He suffered from a blow on his head with a rod wrapped with barbed wire and soon fell unconscious. He was attacked from behind.

He told his family members that as soon as the Chinese soldiers saw an Indian patrolling team coming towards them, they started running away and thought that he had succumbed to his injuries.

The Indian soldiers took Surendra Singh to a military hospital in Leh where he received 12 stitches. He also has a fractured arm. He regained consciousness in the hospital after 15 hours.

Surendra said that the Chinese soldiers had attacked them like cowards if they would have come straight at them, the Indian soldiers would have shown them their true might and pushed them away. He also added that the Indian soldiers are very capable and are specially trained in combating enemy soldiers.

After regaining consciousness, Surendra called his brother Resham Singh on Thursday evening and informed him about his injuries. He told his brother that after being attacked he fell in the water and was rescued by his fellow soldiers. He told his brother that his phone and some papers had fallen into the river.

Resham Singh told mediapersons that his brother has been in the army for 19 years. Because of his posting, they are not able to talk much. Phones are not available all the time due to which his brother is not able to contact the family frequently. After regaining consciousness on Wednesday, the army officers contacted the family and made them talk with each other.