Narsinghpur (MP), Nov 21 (PTI) The mortal remains of police inspector Ashish Sharma, who was killed in an encounter with Naxalites, were cremated with full state honours at his native village in Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur on Thursday.

Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and his cabinet colleague Prahlad Patel shouldered the bier during the funeral procession in Bohani village.

Sharma died in an encounter with Naxalites along the Chhattisgarh-MP border on Wednesday morning. He was part of the MP police’s Hawk Force, an elite anti-Naxal unit.

Yadav announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore to the deceased cop’s family and declared that Sharma’s younger brother would be appointed as a sub-inspector after relaxing all eligibility norms.

He said that a park and a stadium would be built in the village i

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