Ferozepur December 12, 2018: Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Capt RK Wadhwa and his men were celebrated to play floral tributes to the sacrifice of war heroes during 1971 War which can never be forgotten when thousands of people and BSF dignitaries – IG BSF Mahipal Yadav and DIG TR Meena and members of martyrs were present.
During the night of December 10 when all of them had been celebrating for their achievements, Pakistan army once again attacked them and during the great battle Pakistani army threw a bomb on the banker on December 11 at 8 am that had injured them very seriously and they had rushed to the Army Hospital, Faridkot where Captain R K Wadhwa, Inspector Bhagwant Singh, Sub Inspector Iqbal Singh, Sepoy Sukha Singh, Ram Singh, Tehal Singh, Om Parkash, and Sardool Singh had succumbed to their injuries. The President honoured the martyrs with different gallantry awards and MVC to R K Wadhwa.
Since then on every December 11, the BSF, members of the martyrs and people of the area celebrate this martyrdom day and thousands of people pay their homage at Mamdot and BOP Raja Mohtam.