Guwahati: Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal and minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday evening turned pallbearers for Assam native Maneswar Basumatary, who was among the 40 CRPF personnel killed on Thursday in a heinous terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
Earlier, the leaders took part in a wreath-laying ceremony on the body of the jawan at the Air Force Station in Borjhar.
Taking to Twitter, Sonowal wrote:
Tributes and Salutations.
I offer my deepest respect to CRPF jawan Maneswar Basumatary.
As we stand together in a moment of huge grief and tribulation, I believe that this martyrdom will not go in vain.
Jai Hind. #SwahidPranamoTumak pic.twitter.com/R9oEzdhN5l
— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) February 16, 2019
Sarma, too, took to the social networking site later on Saturday evening. He wrote:
Forever, my dear Maneswar Basumatary, we shall remain indebted to you.
In you, we’ve not only lost a son, a brother, husband and a friend but also a hope for tomorrow. Rest assured, we have vowed to not rest till we avenge the #PulwamaSacrifice.
वंदे मातरम। #PulwamaAttack pic.twitter.com/aqyAca08Fg
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 16, 2019
On Friday, in a similar gesture, Union home minister Rajnath Singh and Jammu & Kashmir director general of police (DGP) Dilbag Singh too turned pallbearers for one of the fallen CRPF soldiers. This was after the minister had taken part in the wreath-laying ceremony on the bodies of the troopers at the Humhama CRPF camp in Budgam district.
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