ADG BSF visits Indo-Bangladesh border ahead of 2nd phase of polls
Mr Gandhi is scheduled to visit the area under North Bengal Frontier BSF till 25 April.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday announced Rs 11 lakh ex-gratia to the next of kin of a BSF personnel, who was killed in a pre-dawn attempt by militants to storm a BSF camp near Srinagar airport on Tuesday.
The BSF Assistant Sub-Inspector B K Yadav was a native of Kamalchak village in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district.
The chief minister also announced that the last rites would be performed with state honour, an official statement here said.
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Expressing grief, Kumar said that the country would always remember Yadav’s bravery.
Yadav was killed and three jawans were injured when Jaish-e-Mohammed militants attacked the BSF battalion headquarters at Gogoland camp near the high-security Srinagar airport yesterday.
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