Rediff should mind its language. Major Ravi was matryred not slain. Major sacrificed his life defending India and was not "slain" in a dark gully.
Not too long ago, another Major (Major Padmapaani Acharya) from the same city was martyred defending Kargil heights.
Shame on the Indian government that it not only accorded a gun salute to the perpetrator of that crime, Musharraf, at Rashtrapati Bhavan but also the Head of the State and te Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces hailed him as "A distinguished son of Delhi" in his banquet address in Rashtrapati Bhavan. No self respecting nation does these kind of things particularly even before the blood of its sons dried on the icy peaks of Kargil.
Atleast Rediff can report on daily basis the names of those foot soldiers who are martyred every day. Sadly it is a stratified society.
