CRPF commando from Assam hurt in Maoist attack succumbs
Guwahati, Jun 14 (UNI) A day after the mortal remains of a CRPF jawan from Assam killed in a terrorist attack were cremated, the body of another slain CRPF personnel from the state, who too made the supreme sacrifice for the country, reached the state today.
CRPF Cobra commando Sunil Kalita, hailing from Kamalpur in Kamrup (rural) district of Assam, was injured in a Maoist attack in Jharkhand on May 28 and was undergoing treatment at the AIIMS, New Delhi, where he succumbed last evening.
Official sources said here today that Kalita’s mortal remains were flown to Assam after according the guard of honour at a CRPF camp in the national capital today.
The last rites with full military honours will be performed at his native place at Kamalpur tomorrow.
Kalita had joined the CRPF in 2011 and had tied the knot two months back, and hadn’t returned home after resuming duty a few days after his marriage.
The news of Kalita’s demise came on a day when the body of another CRPF personnel from the state, Nirod Sarma, was being cremated at his native village in Nalbari district yesterday.
Sarma was killed in a terrorist attack at Anantnag in Jammu and Kashmir three days ago.
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