Kanpur, April 27 -- While the nation still mourns and calls for outrage echo across the country over the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, the family of Shubham Dwivedi, one of the victims of the attack, requested the government to grant him the status of a martyr.

Recalling the horrific attack, Dwivedi's wife Eshanaay expressed her grief and concern, stating that the victims' families are forgotten and thus requesting martyr status.

"People forget the victims' families, such as those in the Pulwama attack, the 26/11 attacks... We don't want Shubham to be forgotten, and therefore, I request the government to grant him the status of a martyr," she said.

She further mentioned that Shubham was the first to be shot, a...