The body of Jerusalemthara, a jawan of the Assam Rifles killed in an encounter with the NSCN (K) militants near Changlangsu village in Nagaland's Mon district on Sunday, was being brought to Aizawl, Police said.
The 29-year old is survived by wife Lalthannguri and three young sons, the oldest being six years of age.
Police said that he would be accorded full military honours in Aizawl before being taken to his native Mizoram-Manipur border village of Vanbawng.
Jerusalemthara and seven other Assam Rifles personnel were killed and six others injured in an ambush by suspected NSCN (K) militants.
