Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Aditynath and his entire cabinet has expressed grief over the death of 25 CRPF personnel during a naxalite ambush in Chhattisgarh.
The UP government has also announced a compensation of Rs 30 lakh each for the two martyrs, who hail from the state.
The matter was raised during the cabinet meeting here on Tuesday where the CM and ministers expressed their grief over the incident.
KP Singh from Etah and Manoj Kumar from Muzaffarnagar were among the martyrs.
Government spokesperson and UP Power minister Srikant Sharma said that of the Rs 30 lakhs to be given to the families of the martyrs, widow would receive Rs 25 lakh and Rs 5 lakh would be given to their parents. He said that CM has also instructed UP minister S P Singh Baghel and Atul Garg to visit the residence of K P Singh in Etah to express the condolence on behalf of the government and similarly UP minister Satish Mahana and Suresh Kumar Khanna will visit Muzaffarnagar to visit the residence of Manoj Kumar.