Odisha Minister Naba Das cremated with full state honours

By PTI

JHARSUGUDA: The mortal stays of Odisha minister Naba Kishore Das had been on Monday consigned to flames with full state honours right here within the presence of 1000’s of individuals, who bade a tearful adieu to the departed chief.

Amid chants of ‘slokas’, his son Bishal Das lit the funeral pyre, as a big gathering of MPs, MLAs and industrialists paid tributes to the favored BJD minister.

The final rites had been held on the Kherual Crematorium. The Odisha authorities has additionally introduced a three-day state mourning as a mark of respect to Das.

Das breathed his final on Sunday night, hours after he was shot by an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) at Brajarajnagar, the place he had gone to attend an occasion. The ASI is believed to be affected by a psychological dysfunction.

Among these current on the funeral had been Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari, Agriculture Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain, MLA Dibya Shankar Mishra, Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari and industrialsts from Jharsuguda.

Earlier within the day, 1000’s paid homage to Das, as his mortal stays reached right here from Bhubaneswar.

Many retailers, enterprise institutions and academic establishments within the district remained closed on Monday, with locals pouring out on the streets to bathe flowers on the hearse carrying the departed chief’s stays, which drove via the streets of Jharsuguda city on its approach to his residence Governor Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visited the chief’s residence, the place individuals from completely different walks of life had additionally gathered to pay tribute to the 60-year-old chief, who dominated the political panorama in western Odisha for at the least three a long time.

JHARSUGUDA: The mortal stays of Odisha minister Naba Kishore Das had been on Monday consigned to flames with full state honours right here within the presence of 1000’s of individuals, who bade a tearful adieu to the departed chief.

Amid chants of ‘slokas’, his son Bishal Das lit the funeral pyre, as a big gathering of MPs, MLAs and industrialists paid tributes to the favored BJD minister.

The final rites had been held on the Kherual Crematorium. The Odisha authorities has additionally introduced a three-day state mourning as a mark of respect to Das.

Das breathed his final on Sunday night, hours after he was shot by an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) at Brajarajnagar, the place he had gone to attend an occasion. The ASI is believed to be affected by a psychological dysfunction.

Among these current on the funeral had been Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari, Agriculture Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain, MLA Dibya Shankar Mishra, Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari and industrialsts from Jharsuguda.

Earlier within the day, 1000’s paid homage to Das, as his mortal stays reached right here from Bhubaneswar.

Many retailers, enterprise institutions and academic establishments within the district remained closed on Monday, with locals pouring out on the streets to bathe flowers on the hearse carrying the departed chief’s stays, which drove via the streets of Jharsuguda city on its approach to his residence Governor Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visited the chief’s residence, the place individuals from completely different walks of life had additionally gathered to pay tribute to the 60-year-old chief, who dominated the political panorama in western Odisha for at the least three a long time.