Hours after demanding UP CM visit family, slain CRPF jawan's wife agrees to perform last rites

The wife of slain CRPF jawan Vijay Maurya who had refused to cremate her husband's body till Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited their house in Deoria, late on Saturday night relented and agreed to perform the last rites.

Maurya was one of the 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday when a Jaish-e-Mohammed suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus.

Vijay Laxmi agreed to cremate her husband's body and it has been completed, District Magistrate, Deoria, Amit Kishore, told PTI.

"The demand for a park and road be constructed in the memory of her husband will be done. Bollywood singer Kailash Kher who was to perform at Deoria Mahotsav will give Rs 10 lakh to the family of the martyr. Kher, however, cancelled his concert at Deoria Mahotsav on Saturday and may perform on Sunday," he said.

Earlier in the day, speaking at the inaugural function at the Raj Bhavan here, Adityanath said the government of India has launched a "war" against terrorism
When asked whether Adityanath had gone to meet the families of CRPF jawans killed in the Pulwama attack , he said, "No, not today.Ministers were deputed at 12 places and they were asked to go."
Throwing light on the exhibition, Adityanath said, "UP Raj Bhavan is one of the few Raj Bhavans in the country, where creative programmes like the exhibition on exhibition on fruits, vegetables and flowers are held."