Kabaka: Muslim youth perform last rites of Hindu woman
Puttur, June 16: As the family members and locals did not come forward to perform the last rites of Bhavani (52), an unmarried of Vidyapura in Kabaka who died of heart attack on Saturday, a group of Muslim youth performed the last rites with all religious rituals. This humane act has got appreciation from all corners.
When Bhavani died of heart attack, her brother Krishna informed his relatives and local residents about the incident and appealed them to cooperate for the last rites. But none of his relatives and neighbours turned up to cremate the body. As a result, her brother Krishna had to keep the body at home till afternoon.
Noticing the news, Vidyapura residents Shoukath, Hamza, Nazeer, Riyaz, Farooq and others collected the money to be paid to the graveyard. When no family members and Hindu women came forward to wash the body of Bhavani, the process was completed with the help of Anganwadi worker Rajeshwari, Bhavani’s sister and locals Safiya and Zubaida. Later, the body was taken to the Puttur graveyard in ambulance by paying Rs 3500 and performed the last rites.
Speaking to Varthabharati, Farooq said that “We have considered any religious affiliation while performing the last rites. We Muslim youth conducted the last rites of a Hindu woman and it was not our motive to get publicity out of it. Such incidents should not happen in future. We see such incidents in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan in media. But it is unfortunate that such incident happened in our village. It is painful that those who supposed to do their work did not do that. Here we have many Hindu organizations which behave like they adopted the Hindus. But they did not turn up. Kabaka gram panchayat president who is backed by BJP did not visit the house and it is sad”, he said.
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RCB beat MI by 18 runs after batters fire
Mumbai (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar scored a rapid 53 off just 20 balls as RCB posted 240 for 4.
In response, Mumbai Indians were restricted to 222 for 5, with RCB spinner Suyash Sharma (2/47) putting the skids on the home side with a double strike in the eighth over, from which they could not recover.
Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for MI with an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
While opener Rohit Sharma appeared to be struggling with a hamstring issue and had to retire hurt on 19, his partner Ryan Rickelton made 37, while Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Hardik Pandya (40) were the other contributors for MI.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 78, Virat Kohli 50, Rajat Patidar 53, Tim David 35 not out).
Mumbai Indians: 222 for 5 in 20 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 71 not out, Ryan Rickelton 37, Hardik Pandya 40; Suyash Sharma 2/47).
