Col MN Rai cremated with military honour, UP government announces Rs 30 lakh for family

Colonel Munindra Nath Rai, the commanding officer of 42 Rashtriya Rifle, was cremated in New Delhi on Wednesday after he was martyred along with two jawans and one policeman in an encounter with Hijbul Mujahideen terrorists in Tral area of Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening.