Palamau: In memory of martyr Anurag Shukla, cosco cricket tournament is organised. The organiser Avinash Dev, who heads the 'Pahal Trust' says that it will be a tribute to a martyr who deserved to be given the same as by us as he has done highest service to the nation by sacrificing himself. The game will begin from May 26th till June 9th.
A 23-year-old Anurag was posted in the army as a Lieutenant. This was the first posting of Anurag in the army. Lieutenant Shukla, a native of Singra Khurd of Palamau, who was martyred while saving from drowning of three colleagues at Jaisalmer training camp under Ganganagar district of Rajasthan.