Varanasi: The mortal remains of the martyred CRPF personnel Dharmdev Kumar (34) were consigned to flames with full state honour at Manikarnika Ghat on Tuesday.
Dharmadev, resident of Thekaha village in Chandauli district, was one of the brave security personnel who were martyred in Chhattisgarh while fighting the Naxalites on April 3.
A pall of gloom descended on the villagers when his body reached his native village. The family members were in a state of shock when they got the information of his demise in the fight. His younger brother Dhananjay Kumar is also in CRPF, while his father Ramasare Gupta runs a shop. Dharmdev is survived by his wife Meena Devi and two daughters Jyoti (11) and Sakshi (4). He had joined the CRPF in 2012.