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AdvertisingThe body of Ajay was brought to Meerut Monday night and was taken to the military hospital at Meerut Cantonment from where it was taken in procession around 8am Tuesday. My grandson (Ajay’s son, Aarav) will also serve the Indian Army one day like his father,” said Veerpal Singh, who is also an ex-serviceman. A sea of humanity descended on Meerut streets Tuesday morning when the body of Ajay Kumar Singh, 27, a sepoy of 55 Rastriya Rifles who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Pulwama Sunday night, was carried in a procession for cremation. Men, women and children thronged the route, showering rose petals and shouting, “Ajay Kumar amar rahe”. The villagers handed over a memorandum to Union Minister Satya Pal Singh requesting that the link road to their village be named after Ajay..