Kohima: Assam Rifles Rifleman Methna Konyak, who was reportedly martyred along with two others in an ambush by suspected militants in Manipur’s Chandel district on Wednesday evening, was laid to rest with full military honours in his native town in Mon district.
An official update from the PRO IGAR (N) said that police personnel, President of Konyak Union, President of Konyak Students Union and other well-wishers were present to pay homage to the slain soldier on Saturday.
The mortal remains of the martyr was brought to his hometown on July 31. The braveheart made a supreme sacrifice for the nation while fighting insurgents in Manipur on July 29 at Khongtal area of Manipur’s Chandel district near the India-Myanmar border.
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