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Faiz.Siddiqui@timesgroup.com
Kanpur: The family of martyr Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan Shyam Babu installed his statue and organize a ‘Shanti-Path’ at the memorial in his native village (Raingawan Majra Nonari) in Derapur area of Kanpur Dehat on the occasion of the second anniversary of Pulwama attack on Sunday.
Shyam Babu was one among 40 CRPF jawans who was killed in a terrorist attack in Pulwama on February 14, 2019.
The relatives of the martyr and the villagers thronged Raingawan Majra village on Sunday to attend the ‘Shanti-Path’ ceremony and pay tributes to him.
Shyam Babu, after passing his intermediate exam from Gandhi Inter College, joined CRPF in 2007 after completing his graduation. He was the eldest among two siblings, and got married in 2014, said his family members.
“My in-laws and other relatives have decided to install a statue of my husband at the memorial on the second anniversary of the Pulwama attack on Sunday. They have spent money from their own pocket,” said Ruby, Shyam Babu’s wife. “The statue at the memorial will be a great gift to me and my children. To motivate the village youngsters to learn from Shyam Babu’s sacrifice, his family has installed his statue at his memorial in the village”, she added.
“The youths of our village should learn from his valour and sacrifice”, said Ram Prasad, Shyam Babu’s father.The family gave a surprise to the relatives, villagers and people’s representatives and invited them to join the statue installation ceremony.
“We had no clue about the programme. We were quite upset and were expecting that the authorities will install the martyr’s statue, but we really feel proud of his parents and siblings, who pooled money on their own,” said Rakesh Kushwaha, a local and added “The authorities had also promised to build `Amar Shaheed Dwar’, a road and a park in the martyr’s name, but all these promises are yet to be fulfilled.”
He said that his (Shyam Babu) father had toiled hard for the education of his elder son. And even sold his 10 biswa agricultural land to raise money for his son’s education.”
“This is a moment of pride for our entire family when we saw people thronging my home to pay tributes to my son and shower respect on us. I feel like asking the youngster’s of my village to follow Shyam Babu’s footsteps,” said Shyam Babu’s mother Kailashi Devi.