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Assam Rifles jawan Bongu Baburao (28) of Vajrapukottur, Srikakulam district was martyred in the crossfire. Authorities said Baburao was killed in a shootout with militants near the Khonsa border in Arunachal Pradesh, family members said.
The Javan’s body arrived at Visakhapatnam airport at 1.40 pm on Thursday. Local youths brought a two-wheeler rally from Kashibugga Dari Talabhadra to Akkupalli to their hometown in the evening.
Baburao got married in February this year. Went to duty late last month and was on quarantine for 21 days. Immortalized within three days of returning to duty. Local SI Govinda Rao said the funeral would be held on Friday morning with military paraphernalia.
