Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday paid tributes to five CRPF martyrs, including two from the state, who were killed during an encounter in Anantnag area of Jammu and Kashmir.
He also expressed grief at the death of a native of Lucknow who was on board the ill-fated AN-32 aircraft of the IAF that crashed in Arunachal Pradesh.
The Chief Minister announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 25 lakh each to the families of the two CRPF martyrs from the state and a government job to their dependants.
In a statement released here on Thursday, the Chief Minister said that roads in the native village of the martyrs would be named after them.
The two CRPF martyrs from UP are Satyendra Kumar from Shamli and Mahesh Kushwaha from Ghazipur.
Yogi also asked UP minister Suresh Rana to go to Shamli and another minister, Neelkant Tiwari, to Ghazipur to attend the funerals of the two brave hearts.
Meanwhile, among the dead in the AN 32 crash is non-combat Putali, a resident of Bakshi ka Talab area of the state capital. Yogi expressed his condolence on the bereaved family.