Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday paid tributes to Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Kashmir, and announced Rs 50 lakh solatium and a job for his kin.
"Colonel Sharma was from Bulandshahar in UP. The state government will also build a 'Gaurav Dwar' in his memory in village Parwana," an official statement said.
The officer was among five security personnel killed in the encounter at a village in north Kashmir's Handwara area.
(PTI REPORT)
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