No term like 'martyr', 'shaheed' in Army: Defence Ministry
Responding to an RTI application, the Defence and Home Affairs Ministries have said that terms like 'martyr' or 'shaheed' do not exist in their lexicon. Instead, the Defence Ministry uses 'battle casualty', while the Home Affairs Ministry uses the term 'operations casualty' for soldiers or policemen killed in action. The applicant had been seeking a detailed definition of 'shaheed'.