Mangaluru: Several people gathered at A.J. Hospital here on Saturday to pay their last respects to RSS worker Sharath, a former mandal Sevapramukh, who succumbed to his wounds on Friday July 7 after a three-day battle.

His body was taken in a procession from the hospital to B C Road. Several BJP leaders Yogish Bhat, Krishna J Palemar, Monappa Bhandary and others were also present.

Sharath was assaulted by few unidentified miscreants at B C road on July 4 night. A sole breadwinner for his family, Sharath used to run a laundry shop here at B C Road. People know him as a friendly person with no enmity whatsoever with any person.

Tight police has been deployed in Bantwal as precautionary measure for his funeral. It is also gathered that most shops are closed in the area.