Muslims from Akura village in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district performed the last rites of a Kashmiri Pandit, who passed on Friday morning.
Reports said that Nand Lal Sharma of Akura area of Mattan died Friday morning after a brief illness. He was a school Headmaster in the education department.
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As the news of his death broke, locals were inconsolable.
“We feel we have lost one of our own. He was just like my elder brother and I used to take suggestions from him before taking any step,” Ghulam Mohammad, a local, said.
Another local Gulzar Ahmad said: “To help our neighbors irrespective of their religion is our duty which we performed. We have lost a dear friend who stood with us in the best and the worst of times.”
His neighbours arranged wood for the funeral pyre and performed his last rites. (KNO)
