We want revenge, teach Pak a lesson': Bihar BSF jawan's family to Modi

Patna: Calling for an apt response to the killing of BSF jawan Jitendra Kumar Singh, his family on Sunday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make another effort in teaching Pakistan a lesson.

BSF head constable Singh was killed when Pakistani Rangers violated ceasefire along the International Border and the Line of Control in the Jammu region on Thursday. His body was creamted in his native village in Raxaul, Bihar, on Saturday.

Speaking to India Today, Archana Singh, eldest of martyr Jitendra Kumar’s three children, said, “All we want is revenge from Pakistan for our father's death”.

She also expressed hope that the Prime Minister would come forward and ‘take care’ of the family, while requesting for financial assistance from the government for their well-being.

Requesting that the members of her family be provided with jobs in the BSF, Archana said: “After my father's death, only PM Modi is my father now and we are hopeful he will take care of his children. We want financial help from the government. Our family is very poor and to sustain ourselves, Prime Minister Modi should provide us job in the Border Security Force. I promise that if I get job in the BSF, I will take my revenge from Pakistan for my father's death”.

Remembering how his father taught him to be brave and fear nothing, Kumar’s 9-year-old son Rohit said: “My father always taught me that one should not fear anyone and always move ahead in life. He dreamt of sending me to the BSF as well, so that I could serve the nation.”

The children called for appropriate action against Pakistan, ‘such as a surgical strike’, and avenge their father’s death.