Standing on streets, people of Kanpur, UP, salute as body of Captain Ayush Yadav arrives home

The funeral of 26-year-old army official, Ayush Yadav, killed in a Fidayeen attack in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, is scheduled on Saturday.

Lucknow, April 29: As the army vehicle carrying the mortal remains of Captain Ayush Yadav arrived in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, residents of the city stood on streets to salute the sacrifice and bravery of the young army official who achieved martyrdom in Jammu and Kashmir recently.

The funeral of the 26-year-old army official, killed in a Fidayeen attack in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, is scheduled later in the day. Two more army personnel were killed in the same attack.

Hundreds gathered outside the residence of Captain Yadav to pay their last respects to the brave Indian soldier who sacrificed his life for the safety of the nation. Those standing outside his house were seen carrying placards with messages like, 'Salute the brave hero' and 'Sacrifice of the brave soldier won't go in vain.'

Captain Yadav's family consists of his father, mother and sister. His father, Arun Kant Yadav, an official in the Uttar Pradesh police department, told reporters earlier that the government should take steps to put an end to the killings of our brave soldiers by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists in J&K.

"Security personnel have been losing lives in J&K. Similarly, 25 Central Reserve Police Force jawans were killed in a Naxal attack in Sukma, Chhattisgarh, recently. Please take action. The Centre needs to improve policies," said father of Ayush.

Arun remembered that his wife spoke to their son last on Wednesday. The Yadav family stays in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. "Next day she kept calling him but then he never picked the call," said a teary-eyed Arun.

"It should not happen to anyone else's child...how long will we see our children being killed like this," he added. Arun revealed that he wanted his son to get married soon.

"I used to tell my child, please get married before my retirement, and he used to say-- have you got nothing else to talk about?"

The government policy in Kashmir needs to be more firm, said his father. "You tie a person to a jeep and there is outrage but what about countless soldiers who are dying," he said, referring to a controversial video of a young man tied to the front of an army jeep as a human shield against stone throwers.

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