CRPF martyr cremated with state honours in Ballia

Times News Network
Varanasi: The mortal remains of the martyred CRPF personnel Ajay Kumar Tiwari were consigned to flames amid full state honour at the Hukum Chapra Ghat on the banks of the Ganga in Ballia district on Thursday.
Tiwari, a resident of Bagahi village in Haldi area of Ballia district, was injured in a terrorist attack in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on November 26, 2020.He slipped into coma, and was referred to Delhi for further treatment where he died on Tuesday.
His body was brought to the Varanasi airport on Thursday. After paying homage at the 95 Battalion of CRPF, Pahadiya, his body was taken to his native village by road.
The entire village assembled at his home to pay tributes to the martyr. The family members including his wife Nisha, mother Kaushalya Devi, daughter Anjali and sons Mohit and Ankush were inconsolable after seeing the body.