Major Chitresh Bisht was to come home later this month for his marriage. He did come but in a coffin wrapped in the national flag. The Bisht household in Nehru Colony echoed with wails as the Major's mortal remains were brought home on Monday morning from the army hospital in the city where it was kept on Sunday.

A large crowd comprising of Army men, policemen, politicians, relatives, friends and people in general thronged the young army officer's home to pay their last respects as his coffin borne by Army men entered the gates.