Etawah (UP), May 9 -- Havildar Suraj Singh Yadav, a soldier from Etawah who was martyred on Tuesday when his vehicle fell into a deep gorge while going towards Titwal in the Karnah sector of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, was cremated with full state honours on Friday.
Singh's son Vijay Pratap, alias Ajju (8) lit the pyre of his martyred father. Wife Neelam saluted and bid the martyr a final farewell. Army soldiers saluted.
A huge crowd gathered to see the martyr for the last time. Everyone holding the tricolour in their hands was shouting slogans of Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Veer Shaheed Amar Rahe. At 5 am, the body of the martyred soldier was taken for cremation in an army vehicle under the supervision of former Colonel Hayat Ulla...