We have always heard the incidents wherein if the husband is posted in the army and on the demise of husband, wife gets a government job. The wife of Colonel Santosh Babu, who died in the recent violent clash with the Chinese troops at the Indo-Chinese border, has submitted her joining report as Deputy Collector in the Telangana government. Santoshi was appointed to the post and she handed over the report to Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar on Saturday at the BRKR Bhavan in Hyderabad, an official press release was quoted saying.

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As per Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's decision, Santoshi was appointed as Deputy Collector in the Revenue Department. KCR also asked his Secretary Smita Sabharwal to help Santoshi till she gets proper training and settles down in her job. On June 22, the Chief Minister had visited the family of Santosh Babu in Suryapet town to console his parents and other family members and handed over Rs 5 crore as ex gratia.

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He had also handed over to Santoshi the letter of appointment to Group 'A' job and documents pertaining to allotment of a house site measuring 711 square yards in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. The 39-year-old Colonel was among the 20 Indian soldiers who were killed in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on June 15 during the clash with the Chinese troops.

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