NEW DELHI: It was only nine days back when Surender Kumar was home on leave and had taken his wife and four-year-old daughter on a trip to the Golden Temple in Amritsar and Wagah border.
Today, his distraught family is struggling to come to terms with the news of his demise in the Sukma naxal attack yesterday, clueless as they are about their lives without him.
Surender was among the 25 CRPF personnel who were in the Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma, one of the deadliest in years.
Pushpraag Thakur, who learnt of his brother-in-law’s death at 5:45 am today, said he was proud of Surender’s martyrdom, but had no expectations from the Government.
“We have no expectations from the government because we know that they will do nothing. They will bring in no new initiatives for the CRPF personnel or those in the army. I would like to question our defence minister and our prime minister that for how long this will continue.
“My brother-in-law and 24 other men died, but nobody is affected. All they do is put a garland on the martyrs’ photos to be in the news. My brother-in-law has given his life for the country and I am proud of him, but why do we never see a minister’s son becoming a martyr on the border?” Pushpraag told reporters. (AGENCIES)
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