Kanpur: Three days after she lost consciousness while lighting the pyre of her father, Pradeep Singh Yadav, who was martyred in the Pulwama terror attack, 10-year-old Surpriya returned to her Kanpur home to write her class 5 exams from February 25. After completing high school, Surpriya says she wants to join the army to fulfil the dream of her braveheart father.“My father would often say had I been his son, he would have send me to Sainik School and then to the Army. My father is no more. Now, I will fulfill his dream and avenge his death by joining the army,” said Supriya.Accompanied by her mother, Neeraja, and younger sister Sona, Surpiya reached her house in Bara Sirohi locality of Kalyanpur area in Kanpur, where the family was residing when tragedy struck. The family left for their native village of Ajan Sukhsenpur in Kannauj the same night. Supriya is a student of Virendra Swaroop Education Centre in Awadhpuri.“It was a poignant moment when Supriya insisted she would leave for Kanpur to write her exam, beginning Tuesday,” said Kuldeep, martyr's younger brother. “What was even more touching that she told district officials that she is determined to become a fauji and take revenge on Pakistan,” he said.Supriya said during her last meeting with her father in the last week of January, he had asked me about my studies and inspired me to excel.Her mother echoed the sentiment and said, she wishes her elder daughter too joins the army and serves the nation like her father. They had moved to Kanpur for the sake of Supriya’s education.CRPF jawan Pradeep Singh Yadav was martyred in Pulwama terror attack on Thursday.

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