GUWAHATI: A head constable in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Maneswar Basumatary made his last call to his family members at Kalbari village of Tamulpur in Assam on Thursday morning.
He was one of the 45 CRPF jawans who were killed in an attack by a suicide bomber on Thursday afternoon at Pulwama district along Jammu-Srinagar Highway in Kashmir.
Maneswar who is survived by two college going children, a son and a daughter, and his wife, left home to report back to duty on February 4 last after spending his leave with the family in his ancestral village.
Assam Chief Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday announce that the state government would provide Rs 20 lakh to the family of the slain Maneswar Basumatary.
Assam Chief Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal extended his condolences to the family of the martyred soldier Maneswar Basumatary and said that his sacrifice in the line of duty would be remembered by the whole nation. “His martyrdom would keep inspiring all those engaged in protecting the country and make the fight against terrorism more intensified,” Sonowal stated.
Sonowal today reviewed the law and order situation of the state in a meeting held at Brahmaputra State Guest House and discussed about the dastardly act of violence on CRPF jawans at Pulwama in Kashmir yesterday by militants.
He directed state DGP Kuladhar Saikia to take all necessary steps to ensure that the law and order situation in the state did not get disturbed and the forces inimical to the state’s interests were not allowed to raise their heads.
Chief Secretary Alok Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary of Home and Political Kumar Sanjay Krishna and other top officers of the government were present in the meeting.
The chief minister, through a statement, also condemned the suicide attack on the CRPF jawans at Pulwama by militants and said such dastardly acts would not be able shake the morale of the Indian security forces. Paying deep tributes to the martyred soldiers, Sonowal wished for the speedy recovery of those who were injured in the incident.