‘Won’t cremate body till PM assures retribution’
The family of BSF jawan Prem Sagar, whose body was mutilated by Pakistani soldiers, refused to perform his last rites on Tuesday, demanding the presence of either Prime Minister Narendra Modi or chief minister Yogi Adityanath and an assurance of avenging his killing.
“We will not allow you to cremate (the) body until Yogiji or Modiji comes here,” Sagar’s wife Gyanti told police and administrative officials at his native village of Takenpur, about 40 kilometres from the district headquarters Deoria in Uttar Pradesh.
Officials struggled to pacify the agitating villagers who shouted slogans, “Modiji badla lo Pakistan se, ek ke badle mein pachas lo (Modi take revenge from Pakistan, bring 50 heads in response to one).”
The 45-year-old martyr’s daughter also demanded a titfor-tat reply for her father’s death. “My father is martyred. I demand heads of 50 Pakistani soldiers for one head,” Saroj had said fighting back tears while consoling her mother.
People shouted anti-Pakistan slogans as the IAF chopper, carrying the soldier’s body, landed at the Police Lines ground in Deoria, from where it was taken to the village in an ambulance.
Angry protesters also stopped the Vaishali Express , demanding Modi and Adityanath to come to the village to meet the aggrieved family.