Port Blair, Aug 19: A local born, one of the few commissioned officers of the Indian Army from this remote territory, Major Sameer Rajshekharan, died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday. Born to Late Mr VR Nair and Smt Chandrika, Senior Staff Nurse of GB Pant Hospital, Major Sameer, was commissioned into the Indian Army in the year 2003 from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. Major Sameer is survived by his wife and a nine year old daughter.
According to information, Major Sameer Rajshekharan was on leave in his home state Kerala. He suffered a major cardiac arrest on Monday night and was shifted to a nearby hospital. During medical treatment, Major Sameer suffered another sudden heart attack that caused his demise at about 8.30 am today. The mother of the deceased Army officer, Smt Chandrika and her second son, Mr Sammer, departed for Kerala from Port Blair today afternoon.
An engineering graduate, Major Sameer, served at various sensitive army posts along the Indian borders including Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan. He was also part of the tsunami relief and rehabilitation team that was deputed to these islands after the catastrophic Earthquake and Tsunami of 2004. He was currently posted at an army base at Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh.
my hearty slute to Major Sameer Rajshekaran and their family members.
Sameer was my senior in college, GCE-Salem. I still remember the old bike that he used to ride around college campus and the most vivid memory was the day when Sameer bhaiya taught me and my friend about the PC hardware maintenance & showed us how passionate he was about anything & everything techie. RIP Sameer Bhaiyaa.
Sameer you will be missed , you were a great friend and inspirer to me and will always be. may his sou
Samir was my classmate in Model Sr. Secondary school, Port Blair, he was a brilliant student, today I come to know he is no more, fealing sad, RIP my dear friend.