New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathon Saturday announced Rs 25 lakh as compensation to the family members of sub-inspector Sahib Shukla who died in a terror attack on CRPF personnel in Jammu and Kashmir.

An official spokesperson said that the Chief Minister spoke to the family members of the deceased sub-inspector and consoled them. He told them that the UP government stands with them. 

Adityanath said that Rs 20 lakh will be given to Shukla's wife, and Rs 5 lakh to his parents.

On June 24, Shukla, resident of Gorakhpur, was killed while another jawan injured when militants attacked their vehicle at Panthachowk, on the outskirts of the Srinagar city.    

The CRPF personnel, part of road-opening deployment, were sitting inside their vehicle at Panthachowk bypass along the Srinagar-Jammu national highway when militants attacked them.