MANDYA, KTK, Mar 15: In a goof up, the portrait of a brother of CRPF soldier N Satish, gunned down in a militant attack in Srinagar, was taken in a funeral procession today before red faced officials rectified it, as thousands of people paid homage to him as his body was laid to rest.
The funeral procession proceeded from here to Satish’s village Alambadi after his body was kept here for public homage, but soon the embarrassing lapse was noticed, for which the district officials and his family blamed each other.
The relatives of Satish, killed in Wednesday’s suicide attack on a CRPF camp in Srinagar, protested that the portrait was not his, with his uncle Anand and others insisting that it was that of the slain soldier’s brother, also serving in the CRPF in Madhya Pradesh.
Mandya Deputy Commissioner B N Krishnaiah said the portrait was provided by Satish’s family and there was no lapse on the part of the district administration. As the procession wound its way, Satish’s portrait was brought.
With thousands of people present, Satish’s body was later laid to rest with state honours at a land owned by his parents at Alambadi village.
In another embarrassment, a private hospital here refused to keep the body of Satish, brought from Bangalore in the wee hours, in cold storage for three hours from 3 AM to 6 AM.
Minister A Ramdas, who along with his cabinet colleague Suresh Kumar earlier paid homage to Satish, said action would be taken against the hospital.
Ramdas also announced that a 2,400 sq.Ft. Site would be provided here to the family of Satish. (PTI)
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