Patna, Oct 4 ,2017 (PTI)
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced Rs 11 lakh ex-gratia to the next of kin of a BSF personnel, who was killed in a pre-dawn attempt by militants to storm a BSF camp near Srinagar airport yesterday.
The BSF Assistant Sub-Inspector B K Yadav was a native of Kamalchak village in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district.
The chief minister also announced that the last rites would be performed with state honour, an official statement here said.
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Expressing grief, Kumar said that the country would always remember Yadav’s bravery.
Yadav was killed and three jawans were injured when Jaish-e-Mohammed militants attacked the BSF battalion headquarters at Gogoland camp near the high-security Srinagar airport yesterday.
