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Army's statement came After Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal said she was shocked to learn that Singh was cremated without the army guard of honour
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expressed his disappointment with the Army for not providing a guard of honour during the last rites of Agniveer Amritpal Singh, who died in Jammu and Kashmir. The Army stated that since Singh's cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot injury, no military funeral was provided. Mann said his government would raise the issue with the Centre and provide Singh's family with a compensation of Rs 1 crore. He also criticized the Army for sending Singh's body in a private ambulance and questioned why a guard of honour was not given.
Addressing a press conference here, senior AAP leader Raghav Chadha said Singh's family will not be entitled to pension, while he will not be accorded the status of a martyr
Strongly objecting to an Agniveer jawan, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, not being accorded a funeral with full military honours, Raghav Chadha hit out at the Centre saying that it only lays bare its 'Agniveer' recruitment scheme.
The death of Agniveer Amritpal Singh was a case of suicide, the army said today amid a huge row in Punjab over the lack of a guard of honour at his funeral.