AGRA: The final rites of
Netrapal Singh
, a
CRPF jawan
of 162 battalion, was performed with full state honour at his
native village Pisawa Gadakhera
in
Aligarh
on Wednesday. The jawan passed away after being injured in a terrorist attack in
Srinagar last week.
Singh, 49, was injured in a grenade attack in Ganderbal on December 23, and died at a hospital in Srinagar on Tuesday. He had joined CRPF in 1993. The jawan’s body was brought to his native village by CRPF men. His elder son Jatin lit the pyre.
Talking to TOI, Singh’s brother-in-law Subhash Kumar said that he had joined his work back in July after a vacation. “He was admitted to the hospital and succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday,” he said.
The CRPF jawan is survived by his wife Suman, two daughters — Sapna, 24 and Shivani, 20 — and two sons — Jatin, 18, and Harsh, 14.
The state government has announced Rs 50 lakh financial assistance along with a government job to a dependant and a road in the district will be named after him.
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