Mohd Rashid Banday laid to rest

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and others attend last rites of Mohd Rashid Banday at Poonch.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and others attend last rites of Mohd Rashid Banday at Poonch.

Excelsior Correspondent

POONCH, Dec 10: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah among thousands of people today attended funeral prayer of Mohd Rashid Banday alias Shabbu Bhai, son of Chairman Zia-ul-Uloom Group of institution Poonch, Molana Ghulam Qadir Banday, who died due to cardiac arrest in Kashmir.
Family members said that Mohd Rashid Banday was on his way from Kashmir to Poonch, when he didn’t feel better at Banihal, after which he was taken to GMC Anantnag and later referred to SKIIMS Soura Srinagar, where he died on Monday.
His last rites were performed in Poonch in which thousands of people from different districts of J&K as well as CM Omar Abdullah, his Advisor and Minister Javid Rana participated. Several political, social and religious personalities expressed condolences with the bereaved family of Molana Ghulam Qadir.