Assam ex-DGP Barua was an upright officer: Tarun Gogoi

Terming the demise of Barua as ‘unfortunate’, chief minister Gogoi said, “He was an upright and efficient police officer who discharged his duties conscientiously and assiduously.” Barua had shot himself at his residence here on Wednesday afternoon.

Barua’s last rites were performed at the Navagraha cremation ground here on Wednesday evening, with his two sons lighting the pyre. His eldest son Kaushik Barua is a Delhi-based writer who had won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in the English language category for his novel ‘Wild Horse.’

Earlier, officials of the state government including those of the Assam Police paid tributes to his mortal remains at the 4th Assam Police Battalion headquarters at Kahilipara where his body was taken after conducting the post-mortem examination. State chief secretary Jitesh Khosla laid a wreath on behalf of chief minister Gogoi. The Assam Police also gave a gun salute. (ends)