The family of Gurnam Singh, the 26-year-old BSF jawan who died in a Jammu hospital on Saturday night of injuries suffered in Pakistani sniper fire, has asked for a specialised hospital in his name for soldiers serving on the border.

"The only demand from the Modi government is for a separate BSF hospital. We are worried about all our sons. They should get good treatment," Gurnam's mother Jaswant Kaur said on Sunday, fighting back tears as she kept a promise to her son not to cry if he died in the line of duty.

On Saturday, the family had requested moving Gurnam to a bigger hospital outside the state for better treatment.

On Sunday, as his body arrived home, Gurnam's father Kulbir Singh echoed his wife: "Our demand is that a good hospital be set up here, where all critical care and facilities are available so that our sons (border guards) can be saved in such situations."

PTI picture shows Kulbir Singh (right) at his son's wreath-laying ceremony