Dogs are a man's best friend and we are all aware of this age old adage. Dogs who serve in the forces hold more respect and in one such incident Army Eastern Command condoled the death of 'Dutch', a 9-year-old dog in Kolkata.
All the officials paid last respects to the dog, who died on September 11, by garlanding him. Dutch was instrumental in identifying Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in various operations.
Eastern Command Indian Army tweeted, "Army Eastern Command condoles the death of 'Dutch', a 9 yr old ED dog who died on 11 Sept. He was a decorated dog of Eastern Command who was instrumental in identifying IEDs in various CI/CT Operations. A real hero in service to the nation."
Even Union Minister of State (Ind Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region. MoS PMO, Govt of India, Dr Jitendra Singh condoled the death of the canine on his official Twitter account.
"#ArmyCdrEC condoles the death of '#Dutch' a 9 yr old ED #Dog who died? on 11 Sept. He was a? decorated dog of #EasternCommand who was instrumental in identifying IEDs in various CI/CT Ops.? A real hero in service to the nation. #Salute @adgpi", he captioned.
(With agency inputs)