Haridwar lost its Army officer RS Pawar to a major fire which broke out at India’s biggest Central Ammunition Depot at Pulgaon in Maharashtra followed by a blast at 1 am on Tuesday. Twenty personnel, including 18 Defence Security Corps jawans and two officers, died. It is learnt that the fire started from a shed. The resident of Shivalik Nagar lt Col R S Pawar was an alumnus of Delhi Public School.
A pall of gloom fell over Shivalik Nagar on Tuesday after the news spread.
A 23 Shivalik Nagar, his address, bore a deserted look on Tuesday. Ranjeet’s parents were in Mumbai.
Speaking to The Pioneer, a neighbour and friend of Ranjeet’s father Kuldeep Singh Kalra said, “We are all overwhelmed by the news. The shock is too deep to express,” he said.