AGARTALA:
Tripura chief minister
Manik Sarkar on Sunday met the family members of
Chittaranjan Debbarma, who was killed in a
terror attack on an
army camp near Jammu on November 29.
"The chief minister visited the residence of Debbarma at Gaishing Para and talked to his wife, Namita, parents and other relatives," a Khowai district administration official said. Gaishing Para is 80 km north of Agartala.
The official said the chief minister, accompanied by Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council chairman Ranjit Debbarma, asked the Khowai district magistrate and collector to take up all relevant matters of the slain soldier with the Indian Army authorities for their immediate resolution.
"Our brave soldier Chittaranjan Debbarma was martyred while protecting our country. We stand with his family in their tough times. The state government would always stand by them," Sarkar later told the media.
Two officers and five army jawans, including Debbarma, were killed last Tuesday when terrorists stormed a military base at Nagrota near Jammu. Three attackers were also gunned down.
Debbarma's last rites were performed at Gaishing Para village in West Tripura with full military honours in the presence of thousands of villagers and his family members. agencies