Ex-DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta’s Father Lilakanta Mahanta Passes Away

The father of the former Director-General of Police Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta, Vaishnav Pandit Lilakanta Mahanta passed away at the age of 92 in Assam's Sivasagar during the wee hours of Monday.

He was the former Satradhikar of Sri Sri Borkhatpar Satra.

Sri Sri Lilakanta Mahanta breathed his last at his residence in Konwarpur at around 2.15 am.

He had been seriously ill for the past few days due to age-related ailment.

During his lifetime, Sri Sri Lilakanta Mahanta served as the President of the Asom Sattra Mahasabha for two terms.

Meanwhile, taking to Twitter, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma offered condolences and said that the death of former Satradhikar is great loss to the society of Assam.

শিৱসাগৰৰ শ্ৰীশ্ৰী বৰখাতপাৰ সত্ৰৰ পৰম পূজনীয় সত্ৰাধিকাৰ লীলাকান্ত মহন্ত প্ৰভুৰ প্ৰয়াণৰ বাতৰিয়ে ব্যথিত কৰিলে৷ বিশিষ্ট বৈষ্ণৱ পণ্ডিত মহন্ত ডাঙৰীয়াৰ প্ৰয়াণ অসমৰ সমাজ জীৱনৰ বাবে বৃহৎ ক্ষতি৷ তেখেতৰ অতনু আত্মাৰ চিৰশান্তিৰ অৰ্থে ঈশ্বৰৰ চৰণত প্ৰাৰ্থনা জনাই পৰিয়াললৈ সমবেদনা জনালোঁ৷ pic.twitter.com/dd3kTscibn

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) February 27, 2023

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