Keeping the age old tradition of communal harmony high, Muslims in Wahibugh village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district help in performing last rites of a pandit neighbour .
As soon as the news of Paray Lal Pandit spread, Muslims started visiting his house in Batapora area of Wahibugh and helped in making pyre for performing last rites of the deceased.
Ghulam Nabi Sofi, the village representative of said that not only Muslims of Wahibugh but from many neighbouring villages visited the residence of the deceased to sympathise with the bereaved family members.
“ Paray Lal was a generous person and a social activist,” Nabi said, adding that he used to first person to help those in need.
He said that Muslims from the village are more upset with his death than his relatives.
“ You see all of us are widely mourning the death of this pious man,” Nabi said.
He said barring main rituals, the Muslims have been helping in arranging various things for his cremation.
Paray Lal, 69, died on Tuesday and his mortal remains were consigned to flames this m
