Ethical “Snitching”: Learning From Arun Khetrapal

Published Date: June 2023 | 7 min read | 14 Views

In his outstanding article, Cdr Allan Rodrigues (Retd.) recounted the incident of a young Squadron Cadet Captain “snitching” on his coursemates in the National Defence Academy (NDA). The revelation that the SCC was none other than 2nd Lt Arun Khetrapal, who went on to win India’s highest wartime gallantry awards, would undoubtedly have made the story all the more significant to a reader. Another interesting anecdote …

Pakistani Army officer Brigadier Khwaja Mohammad Naser (Retd.) who sought out 2nd Lt Khetrapal’s father several decades later when he was visiting Pakistan in 2001. Naser was the Squadron Commander in 1971 of 13 Lancers, the Pakistan regiment that fought Arun’s Poona Horse at the battle of Basantar on 16 Dec 1971, the

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