Body of BSF trooper killed on LoC reaches UP

Lucknow May 2 (IANS) The body of BSF trooper Prem Sagar killed and mutilated by Pakistani military was flown to Deoria in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday evening by a special chopper.

The body was received at the Police Lines by Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Sahi MP Ravindra Kushwaha and officials.

The body was taken to his village Tikampur by his family members who demanded that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath must personally come and pay homage to the trooper.

Villagers blocked a rail track demanding Adityanath s visit leading to the blockade of Vaishali Express for over an hour.

The younger brother of the trooper who is also with the Border Security Force and is posted in Chhattisgarh said the news of the killing had shattered the family.

BSF s Prem Sagar and an Indian soldier were killed and their bodies mutilated by Pakistani forces on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

--IANS
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