Tripura’s BJP-IPFT government Wednesday decided to recruit Swapan Debbarma, 45, as a Group-D employee in the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports as a sign of gratitude to the ‘God of the woods’. Swapan Debbarma saved lives of thousands of people by jumping in front of a speeding train at Dhancherra in Dhalai district, 83 Km from Agartala, in order to stop it in June this year.
Speaking to reporters at the state secretariat, Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath said that a meeting of the state cabinet today decided to recruit Swapan Debbarma as a Group-D employee in the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports. “We shall recruit Swapan Debbarma as a Group D employee in the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports. His daughter accompanied him during his courageous feat to stop a speeding train from a certain disaster. Our government will bear all expenses for his daughter’s education”, Nath said.