Tudihar simmers as dad turns martyr son's pallbearer

Allahabad | Sunday | 17th February, 2019

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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..