Madikeri: Adding one more feather to the cap of Kodagu, Gonikoppal-based soldier H.N. Mahesh who has been serving in Indian Army’s Rashtriya Rifles- 44 Battallion has been honoured with Shourya Chakra award for gunning down two terrorists at Kashmir Valley. President Ram Nath Kovind honoured him with the award at the award distribution ceremony held at Rashtrapathi Bhavan at New Delhi last Thursday.
Mahesh is the son of contractor Nagaraj and Lakshmi couple of Gonikoppal town. He joined the Indian Army Corps of Engineers seven years back and later he had been deputed to 44 Rashtriya Rifles.
