GUWAHATI: CRPF head constable Maneshwar Basumatari, martyred in Thursday’s Pulwama attack, was once laid to rest on Saturday with complete state honours at his local Kolbari village at Tamulpur in Baksa district, about 150 km from here.
The mortal remains of the soldier, who had served in the paramilitary drive for more than 25 years, have been flown in to Guwahati from the Palam Airport in New Delhi in an Indian Air Force aircraft round 6.30pm.
As chants of ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ and ‘veer jawan amar rahe’ rang in the air, leader minister Sarbananda Sonowal and finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma turned pallbearers, wearing the coffin to an Indian Air Force chopper, which carried his remains to Kalabari.
Thousands were waiting all day at Kalabari to pay their final respects to the fallen soldier. “He is the pride of Tamulpur,” mentioned a local, tenting since morning to catch a glimpse of Basumatari.
Maneswar leaves at the back of a daughter, Didmaswari, and a son, Dhananjay — both college scholars. Dhananjay performed the final rites.
His wife, past herself with grief, bade him a tearful farewell. The final time Sanmati Basumatari had seen her husband was once right through Magh Bihu festivities final month. And the final time they spoke was once on Thursday, he advised her he was once travelling in a convoy with others. “Little did I do know that those phrases can be his final,” she mentioned, earlier than breaking into tears.
Business institutions across the state have been close because the state mourned the deaths. “As we stand together in a second of large grief and tribulation, I believe that this martyrdom is not going to pass in vain. Jai Hind. #SwahidPranamoTumak,” Sonowal tweeted.
“Forever, my dear Maneswar Basumatary, we will remain indebted to you. In you, we’ve no longer handiest misplaced a son, a brother, husband and a chum but additionally a hope for the following day. Rest confident, we've vowed to not rest until we avenge the #PulwamaSacrifice,” Sarma tweeted.
The mortal remains of the soldier, who had served in the paramilitary drive for more than 25 years, have been flown in to Guwahati from the Palam Airport in New Delhi in an Indian Air Force aircraft round 6.30pm.
As chants of ‘Bharat mata ki jai’ and ‘veer jawan amar rahe’ rang in the air, leader minister Sarbananda Sonowal and finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma turned pallbearers, wearing the coffin to an Indian Air Force chopper, which carried his remains to Kalabari.
Thousands were waiting all day at Kalabari to pay their final respects to the fallen soldier. “He is the pride of Tamulpur,” mentioned a local, tenting since morning to catch a glimpse of Basumatari.
Maneswar leaves at the back of a daughter, Didmaswari, and a son, Dhananjay — both college scholars. Dhananjay performed the final rites.
His wife, past herself with grief, bade him a tearful farewell. The final time Sanmati Basumatari had seen her husband was once right through Magh Bihu festivities final month. And the final time they spoke was once on Thursday, he advised her he was once travelling in a convoy with others. “Little did I do know that those phrases can be his final,” she mentioned, earlier than breaking into tears.
Business institutions across the state have been close because the state mourned the deaths. “As we stand together in a second of large grief and tribulation, I believe that this martyrdom is not going to pass in vain. Jai Hind. #SwahidPranamoTumak,” Sonowal tweeted.
“Forever, my dear Maneswar Basumatary, we will remain indebted to you. In you, we’ve no longer handiest misplaced a son, a brother, husband and a chum but additionally a hope for the following day. Rest confident, we've vowed to not rest until we avenge the #PulwamaSacrifice,” Sarma tweeted.
Pulwama attack: Assam martyr laid to rest with full state honours
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