Not '100 per cent satisfied' with Mahavir Chakra awarded to Col Santosh Babu, says father

Hyderabad: The father of late Colonel Santosh Babu on Monday said he was “not 100 per cent satisfied” with the Mahavir Chakra posthumously awarded to him for his acts of gallantry against the Chinese attack in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June 2020, and that he should have been honoured with the Param Vir Chakra.

“It is not that I am unhappy. But I am not 100 per cent satisfied (with the award of Mahavir Chakra). There is scope for honouring him in a better way.

But my opinion is that Santosh Babu should have been named for the highest military award Param Vir Chakra for the gallantry he displayed while discharging his duties,” Babu’s father B Upendra told PTI.