India, Nov. 27 -- The mother of Agniveer Murali Naik, who was killed in cross-border shelling in Jammu & Kashmir during Operation Sindoor, has moved the Bombay High Court challenging the denial of benefits to which a regular soldier's family is entitled. The Agnipath scheme creates an "arbitrary" distinction between Agniveers and regular soldiers, claimed the plea filed by Naik's mother Jyotibai Naik, questioning the "discriminatory" denial of full death benefits.
Murali Naik was killed on May 9 in Poonch when the Pakistan Army resorted to ceasefire violations, launching heavy artillery and mortar attacks, as India launched Operation Sindoor in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.
The petition, filed through advocates Sandesh More...