
Twenty-two years after her son's death, 80-year-old Savitri Saxena has appealed to the government to fulfill promises made to her family or take back the Shaurya Chakra awarded to her son posthumously.
Savitri Saxena's son, Vivek Saxena, was a former Assistant Commandant who was killed while fighting terrorists in Manipur.
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