BJP legislators place Rs 2.1 mn bounty on killers of army jawan Aurangzeb

The rifleman, who was 'buddy' of a company commander, was abducted by militants at Kalampora in Pulwama last week and then shot dead

An MP and an MLA of the BJP today said they would give Rs 2.1 million to any person who kills the militants responsible for shooting dead army jawan Aurangzeb, who was abducted and later killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh tweeted a screenshot of a message from him and Delhi MLA Manjinder S Sirsa which said they would give Rs 2.1 million to the person who kills the militants responsible for killing Aurangzeb.

The tweet was written in Hindi and was signed jointly by them.

The rifleman, who was 'buddy' of a company commander, was abducted by militants at Kalampora in Pulwama last week when he was on his way home in Rajouri district for Eid celebrations. He was later shot dead by the militants.

Aurangzeb belonged to 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry and was posted at the 44 Rashtriya Rifles camp at Shadimarg in Shopian.

The killing of Aurangzeb had angered Indians and every Indian wants to eradicate the cancer of terrorism, Singh said in the same message.