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The Times of India
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Rajeev Dikshit | TNN

Uttar Pradesh: Retired RPF sub-inspector Jillu Yadav, who fought Ajmal Kasab at CST on 26/11, passes away

VARANASI: Retired RPF sub-inspector Jillu Yadav, whose heroics made terrorists Ajmal Kasab and abu Ismail, flee the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) during the 26/11 attack in 2008, died of cardiac arrest at his native village Mohav in Cholapur area of the district on Wednesday. He was 65.

Jillu Yadav retired from the service five years ago and returned to his native village where he lived with wife and four sons in a joint family, his brother Mahendra Yadav said, mentioning that the agrarian family had become popular overnight after the courageous act of Yadav at the CST station.

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