Sambhal (UP), May 19

Family members of Sepoy Sudesh Kumar, who was killed in firing by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir last year, today sat on an indefinite fast, demanding the Chief Minister to pay visit to their village.Villagers and family members of Sudesh, who laid down his life on October 16, 2016, sat on a fast in the Pansukha Milak village, claiming that despite promises by BJP leaders, none of them visited the family again.His mother Santosh Kumari said if the Chief Minister did not visit them, she would commit suicide, while his wife Kavita Kumari said many politicians came and made various promises. “But none was fulfilled. I will commit suicide if the CM does not come,” she said.Sudesh’s brother Manoj Kumar said, “We were promised sanction for a petrol pump, construction of a road and memorial in the village and renaming a village primary school in Sudesh’s name, but none of the promises was fulfilled.” — PTI