Jawan from Nadia killed in Pak firing

Tehatta (Nadia): An Army jawan from

Nadia

’s Tehatta, who was looking forward to meeting his 3-month-old daughter for the first time, will now be returning home in a coffin.

A jawan of the Army’s 59 regiment, Subodh Ghosh (24) was in position at the border in Jammu & Kashmir’s Baramulla sector on Friday when Pakistani forces across the LoC opened fire. Subodh was among those who sustained bullet wounds, and died at an Army hospital.

The family was informed that Subodh’s body had been released by the Army base hospital on Saturday afternoon. The coffin is likely to be flown to Kolkata on board a military aircraft on Sunday. From the city, an Army convoy will take it by road to his home at Raghunathpur in Tehatta.

Subodh’s family learnt of his death on Friday afternoon. Father Gowranga Ghosh said: “There was a missed call at 3.30pm. My daughter-in-law (Subodh’s wife) Anindita called back. The call was answered by Army personnel in J&K, who told her that my son had been killed in border firing by Pakistani soldiers. She fainted on hearing the news.”

Mother Basanti said: “Subodh spoke to me and Anindita on Thursday. His daughter was born after he left for his base at the end of his last visit in June. He did not get to see her.”

“His last advice to me was to look after our baby, Suravi. He had told me he was trying to get leave to visit home,” Anindita said.

Subodh’s father-in-law Tapan Ghosh said: “He told me he was trying to be home for Suravi’s annaprashon.”

Nadia district administration officials visited the family to officially convey news of the jawan’s death.