Guwahati: Assam Rifles Jawan Susan Swarigiary, who was killed in an ambush in Manipur on Saturday, was cremated with full military honor at his place of origin in Bada Assam District on Monday in front of hundreds of people.
The 21-gun salute was given to Jawan in the cemetery attended by the Health Minister of Keshab Mahanta and the Minister of Handloom and Textile Urkhao Gwra Brahma, representing the state government.
Paying a rich tribute to Jawan, Manganta said the state government has announced Rs 5 Lakh Ex Gratia to his family.
“Very sad that we have lost Braveheart Jawan in a recent ambush in Manipur.
He will be remembered,” he said.
Minister of Himanta’s Minister of Himanta Buswa Sarma, who is outside the city, will visit the home of Suman on Wednesday.
Switariary, a 46 Rifleman Assam Rifles, among seven people, including a wife and small son of the unit unit commander, who was killed in an ambush in the Churachandpur Manipur district on Saturday.
The remaining mortal guiding was flown from Jorhat Airport to Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBI) in Borjhar in Guwahati on Monday morning, from where he was escorted by a military convoy to his home village in Barama, almost 100 km from Guwahati.
Health Minister of Health Keshab Mahanta, accompanied by officials Assam Rifles and Kecatrupup (Metro) District Administrative Officer, paid tribute to the swargiary giver during the layer of bouquet of bouquets at the LGBI airport.
Suman, who has joined Assam’s rifle about a decade back, went behind his wife, jury, and two-year-old son.
He will come home in December to celebrate his son’s third birthday; But he fell prey of militant bullets.
Kusak’s father was also killed by militants in 2007.
The Head of the Bodoland (BTC) of Bodoland (BTC) Pramod Boro, while highly condemned savage attacks, asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Interior Minister Amit Shah to control militants by hand.