Assam Bids Tearful Goodbye to Armyman Pradip Bhuyan

Koliabor, July 17, 2019:

The last rites of the army jawan from Assam, Pradip Ch Bhuyan, who lost his life after a multi-storey building collapsed in Himachal Pradesh was performed today.

The mortal remains of Army jawan, Pradip Ch Bhuyan was brought wrapped in the tricolour to his home at Missa of Kaliabor in Nagaon district of Assam. Bhuyan had joined the 4 Assam Regiment in the year 1988. He was recently promoted to Subedar-Major rank.

He left behind his wife, Manisha Pathak Bhuyan and two children, Suman Jyoti Bhuyan and Dikshita Bhuyan.

It is to be mentioned that a building collapsed in Himachal Pradesh on July 15 in which bodies of thirteen Jawans which were trapped within the debris of a collapsed two-storey ‘dhaba’ in Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district were pulled out on Monday, officials said, taking the death toll to 14.

The four-storey building housing a small eatery and a guest house collapsed following heavy rains on Sunday afternoon when 38 Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) of Assam Rifles, all from the nearby Dagshai cantonment, were eating lunch there. Nearly 15 others, including the eatery’s staff, were also present.

According to reports, the JCOs had gone for picnic. While coming back, they stopped at this ‘Dhaba’ ( a double storey concrete structure) for food. Unfortunately, the structure collapsed due to rains.

All the JCOs in the groundfloor were trapped, although the JCOs who were sitting in the first floor managed to escape with injuries.

The deceased jawans were identified as Rajkishore, Balwinder, Pradip Ch Bhuyan, Yogesh, Vinod, Kumar Chorei, Bisharsing, Lalson, Henkhomang, Rajen, Ajit, Surjit Sharma, and Nobin.

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