Srinagar
In occupied Kashmir, at a time when Kashmiris are being hounded in every part of India, the Muslims of Ganderbal district of the territory kept their religious values high by arranging for the last rites of a Sikh youth.
Ranvir Singh, in his 30s, a carpenter from Gurdaspur district of Indian Punjab, fell ill and died in Ganderbal. After efforts to transport his body to home failed due to lockdown in the occupied territory, the local residents managed his last rites.
“We had contacted his family in Punjab so that the body could be taken to his village but soon phones and internet were shut across the Valley and we lost contact with the family. Locals and his relatives here decided that we will conduct his last rites here,” Waseem Ahmad, a local resident, told media.—KMS
