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The mortal remains of CISF jawan Manoj Biswal, who lost his life in a cloudburst-triggered landslide in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on August 14, reached his native village Manikamara under Parjang block in Dhenkanal on Sunday.
Sources stated that a wave of grief swept through the village as thousands gathered to pay their final respects.
The coffin draped in the Tricolour arrived at Bhubaneswar airport earlier in the day, where a guard of honour was accorded with full state honours. From there, the body was transported by road to his ancestral village.
Emotional scenes unfolded as relatives, locals, and neighbours l...