Mysuru: The mortal remains of Sepoy P.N. Mahesha were laid to rest with military honours at his ancestral village in Pashupathi in K.R. Nagar taluk, about 75 km from Mysuru, on Tuesday.As the sound of the bugle resonated, thousands of people from Pashupathi and surrounding villages bid a tearful adieu to the martyr, in presence of Minister in-charge of Mysuru district, V. Srinivas Prasad, and senior officials of the district administration.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Srinivas Prasad had paid their last respects to the soldier at Government Guest House in Mysuru on Monday night, before the body was handed over to the Sepoy’s mother Sarvamangala and elder brother Manjunath, at the Government Guest House in Mysuru on Monday.
A large number of people turned up at H.D. Kote to pay their last respects.
The CM handed over a cheque of Rs. 25 lakh and announced the grant of four acres of land to the next of kin. Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru district C. Shikha directed the tahsildar of H.D. Kote to identify suitable land for the purpose, an official said.
Schoolchildren lined the pavement and saluted the Sepoy.
As the sound of the bugle resonated, thousands of people from Pashupathi and surrounding villages bid a tearful adieu to the martyr, in presence of Minister in-charge of Mysuru district, V. Srinivas Prasad, and senior officials of the district administration.
