The body of slain BSF jawan Babu lal Marandi (48), who was killed at cyclonic impact near Bangladesh border on Saturday morning, was laid to rest at Pesra river ghat near Bengabad with State Honour on Sunday. According to reports a massive crowed turned up the funeral procession from his house in Bengabad under the same police station limits to Pesra river ghat in Giridih distract to pay their homage.
local police officials and others BSF jawans had a tough time to control the crowd, who wanted to have a last glimpse of the body wrapped in the tricolor. As per information local police in charge Manoj Kumar of Bengabad police station and sub-inspector Prakash Boro and BSF sub –inspector D Paswan and others local hundred leaders and villagers paid homage to the dead BSF jawan as soon as body of Babu lal Marandi brought to his home in Pesrakar village in Bengabad to perform the rituals before the funeral procession began, While BSF jawans from Giridih accorded a gun salute in honour of the martyr.
Besides police officials, people around thousand from all walk of life including local leaders ,others officials ,police jawans and BSF local units were present.