Guor: Shyamal Das calls his wife Suparna on Saturday to say he will go to a place with poor connectivity, so he will call again later to wish you a happy birthday.
“He called on Friday night on his eye-eye apple birthday, Diya.
But he fell asleep at that time.
It was his last call,” Suparna said.
The watershed was the driver of Assam Rifle Colonel Viplav Tripathi, and among the seven killed in an ambush by the People’s Liberation Army and the Dragon People’s Militant in Manipur on Saturday.
The family is now waiting for his body, which is likely to reach his Murshidabad’s house on Monday.
Diya, now 8, never get a birthday greeting.
Family members try to keep the truth from him as long as possible, but he wants to know about the crowd at their home in Kirgram Kirtiipur Village, 32 km from the headquarters of empress.
Das, Das, Dhiren and Madhabi haven’t talked because they heard the news.
Younger son has died a few years ago in an accident on the road.
The locals tried hard to comfort them, but their words seemed to hit a wall.
“The call came on Saturday night.
From his reaction (in-laws), I could tell the big disaster it had happened.
But I felt like the world collapsed when I knew he was no longer,” Suparna said.
Parimal’s neighbor said: “I called an AR office and they told me the body would be released on Sunday after post-Mortem, and may reach our village on Monday morning.” The police have been in the watershed home since Saturday night.
Local Trinamool Mla Ashis Marjit reaches out to the family.
He said: “We are with family and promise them all help.”