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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Remains of Indian seafarer killed in Black Sea attack reaches Kanpur; family refuses last rites

Kanpur: The mortal remains of Merchant Navy chief officer Sagar Gupta, who was killed in a Black Sea attack amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, were brought to his native place in Kanpur on Wednesday, 18 days after the incident, with his family demanding 'martyr' status and compensation.

The grieving family has refused to perform his last rites until the government accepted their demands.

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