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Rifleman Khatnei Knoyak of 46 Assam Rifles, the country's oldest paramilitary force, was killed on Saturday, November 13, by terrorists in Manipur's Churachandpur district.
Please click on the images to view the final tributes paid to the Assam Rifles soldier who made the supreme sacifice for the nation.
IMAGE: An Indian Army officer pay tribute to Rifleman Khatnei Knoyak, who lost his life in a terrorist attack on an Assam Rifles convoy in Manipur's Churachandpur district on Saturday, in Imphal.
IMAGE: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh pays homage to the Assam Rifles personnel who lost their lives on Saturday in Imphal on Sunday.
Colonel Viplav Tripathi, the commanding officer of the Assam Rifles's Khuga Battalion, his wife and six-year-old son were also killed in the attack.
IMAGE: Rifleman Khatnei Knoyak's body makes the journey from Imphal to his home in Mon district.
IMAGE: Soldiers carry Rifleman Khatnei Knoyak's mortal remains in Mon district on Sunday, November 14. Photographs: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Assam Rifles personnel pay their last respects to Rifleman Khatnei Knoyak in Mon district on Sunday.
IMAGE: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh meets doctors at the JNIMS mortuary in Imphal to inquire about the post-mortem reports of the soldiers killed in Saturday's terror attack.
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Mahipal Soni/Rediff.com
