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J&K: Muslim neighbours carry deceased Kashmiri Pandit’s remains for last rites

Bhaskar Nath's neighbours in J&K's Shopian decided to lend a hand when the ambulance bringing his remains home got stuck in the snow.

A heart-warming incident from the UT’s Shopian area has come to light with Jammu and Kashmir witnessing heavy snowfall.

Muslim neighbours carry deceased Kashmiri Pandit’s remains for last ritesMuslim neighbours of a Kashmiri Pandit family in J&K’s Shopian, cutting through thick snow, were seen on Saturday carrying a deceased neighbour on their shoulders.

The deceased 60-year-old Bhaskar Nath passed away on Saturday at Srinagar Hospital. The ambulance carrying Nath’s remains could not reach his native village owing to the snow-covered route.

When the ambulance had to stop 5 km short of taking his body back home to his family, the neighbours of Bhaskar Nath agreed to support the family. The locals did not deter, despite a thick layer of snow in their path, and managed to take Nath’s remains back to his home in Shopian. They also participated in the final rites of Bhaskar Nath.

Locals said that in the neighbourhood there are only a few Kashmiri pandit families, but everyone lived like a family. They were an equal part of this community, they said, and the news of Bhaskar’s passing away was a shock.

A Yellow Alert avalanche alert was released on Saturday by the authorities for the upper reaches of the districts of Poonch, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar, Anantnag, Kulgam, Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Kargil.

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