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The past rites of CRPF caput constable Mahendra Laskar, who was killed successful an IED blast successful Jharkhand, were performed astatine his autochthonal colony successful Assam’s Nagaon territory connected Sunday (October 12, 2025).
Laskar’s assemblage was handed implicit to his household members successful Kuwariati colony successful Kampur country by the CRPF authorities earlier successful the day.
A pall of gloom descended successful the colony arsenic the mortal remains arrived, with radical lining up to wage their past respects.
MLAs Jitu Goswami and Sashi Kanta Das, Nagaon District Commissioner Devashish Sharma, SSP Swapnaneel Deka and CRPF Inspector General Virendra Kumar, among others, were contiguous astatine the cremation.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said successful a station connected X, “Condolences to the household of braveheart HC/GD Mahendra Laskar of CRPF from Nagaon who made the ultimate sacrifice successful the enactment of work successful Jharkhand. My thoughts are with his household successful this hr of grief. The federation volition retrieve his sacrifice with gratitude.”
Laskar was injured, on with 2 others, successful 2 IED explosions successful Saranda Forest successful Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum territory connected Friday (October 10).
He died successful the people of attraction astatine a infirmary successful Rourkela, Odisha, connected Saturday (October 11).
The improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were suspected to person been planted by the proscribed CPI (Maoist) to people information forces, officials said.
