The 29-year-old Major Rane was martyred during an operation in Kashmir in August 2018 with three other Indian soldiers — rifleman Hameer Singh, rifleman Mandeep Singh and Vikramjeet Singh.
Sanjay Yadav had purchased sleeping pills and laced the family's and the 3 other migrant workers' food. He had then dragged them one by one and had dumped them in a nearby well.