Terror attack: Soldiers come home in coffins

Kolkata | Sunday | 17th February, 2019

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I hope it will be a source of peace for him.”Waiting in the Santras’ neighbourhood were ministers Arup Ray, BJP leader Rahul Sinha and other political leaders. KOLKATA/HOWRAH/TEHATTA: The bodies of two jawans from Bengal who lost their lives in the Pulwama suicide attack on Thursday landed at Kolkata airport on Saturday afternoon. Too young to understand what was happening, Santra’s sixyear-old daughter Piyal asked a relative why her mother was crying. Her grand-aunt Bhagawati Devi then took Piyal to the coffin and made her touch it with her forehead. As the state’s political leaders made a beeline to pay their respects, the widow of one of the slain soldiers made a plea to keep the sacrifice of her husband and other jawans above politics.“The jawans have made the ultimate sacrifice for the country..