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Capt Shubham Gupta Killed in J&K Encounter Cremated with Full State Honours

Around 3.30 pm on Friday, Gupta’s body reached Kheria airport in Agra, which was then taken to his residence at Taj Nagri in Agra.
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The chief minister has also said that a road in the district would be named after Gupta. Captain Gupta, who joined the Indian Army in 2015 and was commissioned in 2018, laid down his life while fighting with the terrorists in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday

Captain Shubham Gupta who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district was on Friday given a tearful farewell with full state honours. Officers from the Army and the district administration along with family members were present at the last rites ceremony at Gupta’s native village, Kuan Khera. Hundreds of residents had also gathered at the soldier’s residence and the spot where cremation was carried out.

Source: News18