Close on the heels of visit of Congress youth scion Rahul Gandhi toIndian Air Force (IAF) officer Akhilesh Kumar Singh’s residence in his Parliament constitueny, the Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav too visited the native village of the martyr in Pure Nago hamlet of Amethi to pay his condolences.
Akhilesh Kumar Singh died in the chopper crash while rescuing stranded victims in Uttarakhand. Akhlesh Yadav who met the family members on Monday morning assured of all possible help to the bereaved family from the State government and said that the country was proud of Akhilesh Kumar Singh and his colleagues who lost their lives while saving the victims of the tragedy and their sacrifice was an example of patriotism.
"They can never be forgotten, thousands of lives have been saved by the defence personnel and there is no doubt that their works have been exemplary and everyone is with the family of the martyrs," he said. Akhilesh Yadav also gave a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the father and wife of the officer total amounting to Rs 20 lakh. It may be mentioned that on last Saturday Congress leader Rahul Gandhi assured of doing every possible thing to fulfill the dreams of Akhilesh Kumar Singh, who wanted to provide good education to his children.
The Congress vice president arrived at Fursatganj airport here and drove directly to Pure Nago hamlet of Deeh locality and met the family of the junior warrant officer. He paid his condolences and met martyr's father Vikramjit Singh and officer’s widow Anju Singh and assured all possible help to the bereaved family. When the family members pointed outthat the deceased officer was very keen on providing good education to his children, the local MP said he would do everything to ensure it. Giving his contact number Rahul Gandhi asked the family to talk to him directly in case of any problem faced by them. He also directed local leaders to remain in touch with the family members and help them to come out of the trauma.
Rahul Gandhi later attended the cremation made with full state honour. The body of the martyr was brought to his native village in
Air Force plane on Saturday forenoon. Thousands of local residents and villagers from the neighbouring hamlets reached to pay their last homage to the martyr who fight to save life of others till he breathed his last. It may be mentioned that an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed on June 25 during a rescue mission in Uttarakhand. All 20
people, including its five crew members, were killed in the mishap. Two of the IAF personnel who fell martyr belonged to the State. Meanwhile later in the evening, Akhilesh Yadav also visit Asarfabad locality of Khaliabad in Sant Kabirnagar, the
native town of IAF officer Sudhakar Yadav who also died in the same chopper crash. Paying his rich tribute for the bravery shown by the officer, Akhilesh Yadav handed a
cheque of Rs 10 each to his widow Manju Yadav and to father Mahanand Yadav. He also assured of all help to carry on further education of the children of Sudhakar
Yadav.