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Martyr Murali Naik Receives Full State Honours
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
|May 12, 2025
The final rites of Agniveer Jawan M Murali Naik, who was martyred in the line of duty during Operation Sindoor on the India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir, were conducted with full state honours in his native village of Kalli Thanda, Gorantla Mandal, Sri Sathya Sai district, on Sunday.
Deputy Chief Minister K Pawan Kalyan paid floral tributes to the martyr and announced a compensation package of ₹50 lakh on behalf of the state government. He also promised to allot five acres of land, a 300-square-yard house plot, and a government job for one eligible family member. Additionally, Pawan Kalyan pledged personal financial aid of ₹25 lakh to the bereaved family.
The Deputy CM, accompanied by Ministers Nara Lokesh, Anagani Satya Prasad, Vangalapudi Anitha, S Savitha, and Satya Kumar Yadav, visited the martyr's residence to pay their last respects and console his grieving parents, Jyothi Bai and Sriram Naik.
This story is from the May 12, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Nagapattinam.
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