Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 14 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna on Thursday announced Rs 50 lakhs as financial assistance and a government job for a family member of Sepoy Saraj Singh, who lost his life in Poonch encounter on Monday.

We have given Rs 50 lakhs as financial assistance to the family. A road will be named after him and a government job will be given to a family member," announced Khanna.

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The last rites of Singh, killed in action during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, were performed at his native village in Shahjahanpur on Thursday.

Singh, a native of Banda in Uttar Pradesh, has been survived by two brothers, his wife and his mother. Singh was the youngest of the three brothers.

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Earlier on Monday, one Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and four jawans of the Indian Army had lost their lives during a counter-terror operation at Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch. (ANI)

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