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Mamata calls up wife of freed BSF Jawan, expresses happiness

Mamata calls up wife of freed BSF Jawan, expresses happiness

Kolkata, May 14 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday morning dialed the freed BSF Jawan, Purnam Kumar Shaw's wife Rajani Shaw and greeted her after news arrived that the 182nd Battalion jawan arrived at the Indian border from Atari post around 1030 hours.
Rajani Shaw, now pregnant with her second child, told media that her husband had called her up around 1230 hours and said he would be in Rishra home, Hooghly district, after having her medical tests. She said her husband would again call her.
"My husband has been in the service of the nation for the past 15 years. If needed, he would go back to the border to safeguard the nation," Rajani said. She praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts to "return her sindoor -- her husband sahi selamat (in good form)".

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