Nizamabad bids adieu to soldier martyred in J&K

HYDERABAD: The last rites of sepoy Ryada Maheshwar from Nizamabad who was martyred in Jammu and Kashmir were performed with military honours in his village of Komanpalli in Velpur mandal on Wednesday.
A large number of people participated in the funeral procession after which the final rites were held with military and state government honours. Roads and buildings minister V Prashanth Reddy, who attended the last rites, said the family would be given an ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakh, a house site and a government job to a family member of the soldier as announced by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
The 26-year-old soldier of 18 Madras Regiment was engaged in anti-terrorist operations in in Jammu and Kashmir on November 8 and got killed.
He got married one-and-a-half years ago.