Locals at the cremation in Kaushalgarh tehsil in Banswara on Wednesday.
JAIPUR: All the 13 deceased, who were killed in a freak accident in Surat early on Tuesday, were cremated in their native Kaushalgarh tehsil of Banswara on Wednesday.
State tribal affairs minister Arjun Singh Bamaniya, local MLAs, officials and locals attended the cremations in four villages. Bamaniya handed over the CM relief fund cheque of Rs 2 lakh to the kin of those killed in the accident.
The bodies of all the deceased, including a one-year-old infant, were brought in ambulances from Surat late on Tuesday night. The residents of Bhagatpura village didn’t sleep for the whole night waiting for sunrise to collectively prepare for cremation. “This is for the first time that the entire village is mourning the death of its five residents at a time. All the shops were shut shops and the residents attended the funeral march to pay respect to the deceased,” said Burelal, former sarpanch of Bhagatpura vill