Vajpayee's ashes immersed in Cauvery river in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Aug 23 : The ashes of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee were immersed in the Cauvery river at Srirangapatna on Thursday, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) official said.
"The ashes in urns were immersed in the Cauvery by party's state unit President B.S. Yeddyurappa from the river's bank at 'Pashchim Vahini' in Srirangapatna near Mysuru," a party official told reporters here.
Srirangapatna in Mandya district is about 130km from Bengaluru in the old Mysuru region.
Hundreds of people from the historic town and Mysuru gathered at the river banks to pay homage to Vajpayee on the occasion.
Vajpayee, 94, passed away in New Delhi on August 16 after prolonged illness.
"The ashes will also be immersed on Friday in seven other rivers across the state -- Netravathi, Malaprabha, Krishna, Karanja, Tungabhadra, Sharavati and Tunga -- by the party's state leaders and cadres.
Yeddyurappa and Central ministers from the southern state Ananth Kumar and D.V. Sadananda Gowda brought the ashes in eight urns from New Delhi on Wednesday for immersion in the eight rivers across the state.
A condolence meeting will be held in Bengaluru on Sunday to pay tributes to Vajpayee.
The urns containing the ashes were kept at the party's state unit office after they were brought from Delhi to enable the party's leaders, cadres and the public to pay floral tributes to the departed leader.
"Amar Rahe, Amar Rahe, Atal Bihari Amar Rahe" slogans rent the air.
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Man accused of rape-murder of 5-year-old lynched to death in Bengal; Girl’s body found in pond
Alipurduar: A 40-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten to death by agitated locals in Alipurduar district located in West Bengal on Friday evening. Later, another man surrendered before the police claiming he was also involved in the crime, and was subsequently arrested.
The girl went missing on Friday evening. When her family began searching for the girl, they learned that she had last been seen with Mona Roy, as reported by the Indian Express.
The police said that the girl’s body was found floating in a local pond. They added that the locals caught Roy and took him to his residence where they allegedly noticed blood on the bed. Enraged by this, they tied Roy to a tree and started assaulting him.
Roy was beaten to death before the local police could reach the spot.
When the police arrived at the scene, angry locals prevented them from moving the two bodies. Eventually, a large team of police personnel was sent to the location. After two hours, they were able to remove the bodies from the area.
The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, a man named Bhakta Roy approached the police, claiming that he was involved in the crime and feared for his safety from the angry mob. He was subsequently arrested.
Y. Raghuvanshi, Superintendent of Police, Alipurduar, asserted it is a heinous crime, adding that they have started a detailed investigation in connection to the incident.
