Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday introduced Rs 50 lakh compensation for the household of Captain Shubham Gupta, who was killed in an encounter between safety forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri on Wednesday.
The Chief Minister additionally introduced a authorities job for considered one of his members of the family and the naming of a highway in Agra in Captain Gupta’s title.
“The Uttar Pradesh government is with the bereaved family members of the martyred captain at this hour of grief,” the UP Chief Minister’s Office said in a tweet.
Captain Gupta was a resident of Agra district in Uttar Pradesh and was among the many 4 Indian Military personnel killed through the encounter on Wednesday.
On Thursday, one other jawan died within the ongoing encounter, taking the variety of whole Military personnel killed to 5.
His cousin Nitin mentioned that Shubham acquired impressed to hitch the army after seeing his uncle Tota Ram Gupta, who had retired from the Military’s Medical Corps.
“Shubham had started preparing to join the Armed Forces from Class 10 and got selected in his first attempt,” his cousin mentioned.
Nitin additionally mentioned that the household was on the lookout for a bride for Captain Shubham Gupta. Basant Gupta, Captain Gupta’s father, mentioned that he was happy with his son for safeguarding the nation.
Captain Gupta joined the Indian Military in 2015 and was commissioned in 2018, his brother Rishabh Gupta mentioned. “He was a very daring officer and had trained for the Special Forces of the Army, undertaking several critical missions. He got his first posting in Udhampur,” the brother mentioned.
Captain Shubham’s final rites will happen on Friday.