Akhilesh Yadav announces Rs 20 lakh for Army personnel killed in J&K

Lucknow: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today announced a financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh each to the family members of two army personnel from the state who were recently killed in separate encounters in Jammu and Kashmir. [caption id=“attachment_1682311” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Akhilesh Yadav. AFP.[/caption] “The Chief Minister has paid tributes to Neeraj Kumar and Rahul Kumar, who were killed in separate encounters with the terrorists, and has announced a financial assistance of Rs 20 lakh each to their family members,” an official spokesman said here in a statement. Yadav said their sacrifice would be remembered forever Neeraj and Rahul were killed in separate encounters with militants on August 24 in Jammu and Kashmir. PTI