Tudihar simmers as dad turns martyr son's pallbearer

  • | Sunday | 17th February, 2019

Locals started assembling at Mahesh's house since morning. They demanded a petrol pump for his family.At 10.30am, CRPF personnel brought Mahesh's body in a coffin wrapped in a tricolour. The crowd demanded that chief minister Yogi Adityanath should visit the jawan's house. The martyrs bodies were brought to Bamrauli Airport from Delhi via special flight and taken to CRPF Group Centre in Padila where officials paid tributes. ALLAHABAD: Mahesh Kumar , the CRPF jawan from Meja who was killed in Pulwama terror attack, was cremated with full state honours in his village Tudihar Badal ka Purwa on Saturday, even as local residents protested against poor condition of roads leading up to the martyr's house and demanded higher compensation for family.Mahesh's father Rajkumar Yadav performed the last rites of his 26-year-old son.

ALLAHABAD: Mahesh Kumar , the CRPF jawan from Meja who was killed in Pulwama terror attack, was cremated with full state honours in his village Tudihar Badal ka Purwa on Saturday, even as local residents protested against poor condition of roads leading up to the martyr's house and demanded higher compensation for family.Mahesh's father Rajkumar Yadav performed the last rites of his 26-year-old son. The martyrs bodies were brought to Bamrauli Airport from Delhi via special flight and taken to CRPF Group Centre in Padila where officials paid tributes. Locals started assembling at Mahesh's house since morning. The crowd demanded that chief minister Yogi Adityanath should visit the jawan's house. They demanded a petrol pump for his family.At 10.30am, CRPF personnel brought Mahesh's body in a coffin wrapped in a tricolour. The jawan's wife Sanjoo Devi was inconsolable while his two sons Samar (6) and Sahil (5) were seen crying.Union minister Anupriya Patel, UP cabinet ministers Rita Bahuguna Joshi and Sidharth Nath Singhalso reached Tudihar Badal ka Purwa along with other politicians and senior district and police officials to pay their homage .Singh also presented a cheque to Mahesh's family members of the martyr as an interim help from the state government.

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