Muslim men help Hindu man perform sister’s last rites

Mangalore | Monday | 18th June, 2018

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Till Saturday afternoon, the body remained at Krishna’s house as none came forward to help him.When Krishna requested relatives to help him with Bhavani’s last rites, none came forward. We came forward to help, not considering the caste or religion of the deceased. Her brother Krishna requested his relatives and locals to help him conduct her last rites. We wanted to send a message that the dead should not be denied the last rites,” said Farooq. That is when Shaukath, Hamza, Nazeer, Riyaz & Farooq started collecting funds and helped him cremate the bodyWhen Shaukath, Hamza, Nazeer, Riyaz and Farooq, among others, heard about Krishna’s plight, they started collecting funds for the rites..