Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has announced a financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of the five CRPF jawans from the state, who were martyred during a terrorist attack in Pampore in Jammu & Kashmir.
Yadav also assured all possible help to the families of the martyrs and said that the bravery with which the valiant troopers fought with the terrorists was commendable and the country salutes the bravehearts.
On June 25, two terroriosts targeted a CRPF vehicle which martyred eight troopers. Of these five - Kailash Kumar Yadav (Unnao), Sanjay Kumar (Jaunpur), Veer Singh (Firozabad), Satish Chandra (Meerut) and Rajesh Kumar (Allahabad) were from the state.