Sepoy Pushpendra Singh cremated at native village in UP

The body of Army jawan Pushpendra Singh, who was killed while foiling an infiltration bid in Jammu and Kashmir, was cremated at his native village here.

Tears rolled down from the eyes of people at Khutia village here as eight-month-old Siddharth, the soldier's son, from the arms of his uncle, lit the funeral pyre of his father last evening.

Sepoy Singh laid down his life while foiling an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Monday.

Presenting a cheque of Rs 25 lakh to the soldier's family on behalf of the Uttar Pradesh government, Minority Welfare, Wakf and Culture Minister Laxmi Narain Chaudhary assured the people all possible help to bereaved family.

"The Yogi Adityanath government would not lag behind in providing other possible help to family of Pushpendra," he said, adding that government job will be provided to Sudha, Pushpendra's wife, and agricultural land on lease to the family for livelihood.

Pushpendra's father is a mason and his uncle works as a rickshawpuller.