CRPF ASI Anil Kumar Maurya was given a tearful farewell

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The CRPF ASI Anil Kumar Maurya was given a tearful farewell when his mortal remains  were consigned to flames in Amethi on Sunday.

Maurya was killed in an encounter with naxalite in Sukma area of Chhattisgarh state.

The last rites were performed at the martyr ancestral Pure Khojwa village this morning.

UP minister Mohsin Raza, who is the in-charge of the district was present during the cremation.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had condoled the death and had given Rs 20 lakh as compensation to the wife of the martyr and Rs five lakh to his parents.

Anil Kumar Maurya, 50 ,was posted in  Batalion no. 212 of CPRPF at Sukma in Chattisgarh when he was killed in a naxal attack.

Martyr Anil is survived by two sons and two daughters.

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