Mumbai, Nov. 26 -- Jyothibai Shriram Naik, mother of martyred Agniveer M. Murali Naik, filed a petition in the Bombay high court on Wednesday seeking equal posthumous benefits for families of Agniveers who die in service, on par with regular soldiers.
Murli Naik was killed during cross-border shelling in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir on May 9 this year.
The petition challenges the "discriminatory denial" of full death benefits and family protections routinely granted to families of regular soldiers including pensions, institutional recognition, and welfare measures.
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