The last rites of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy was held with full police honours in his native village of Rangasamudra in Kodagu on Friday.
The Last Post was played and the firing of three rounds in the air, followed by wreaths laid by senior police officers completed the solemn ceremony. They then went along with family members to the farm for the final rituals held amid an incessant drizzle.
The poignant rituals was punctuated by an occasional sob by family members. Gapanapthy’s wife, Pavana, and their children Nehal, studying engineering, and Sahil, who is in school, were stoic while trying to come to terms with the tragedy.
Ganapathy’s brothers M.K. Thammaiah, a Dy.SP in Ramanagaram, and Machaiah, a planter, were dazed throughout the ceremony, which concluded late in the evening.
“It was Ganapathy who inspired me and brought me the applications to write the exam to get into the police service,” recalled Mr. Thammaiah. Though he was depressed and under treatment, we did not expect him to resort to the extreme step.”
Earlier in the day, there was a steady stream of friends, relatives, former colleagues, and well-wishers to the farmhouse to pay their last respects.
The post-mortem of the body was conducted at the Government Hospital in Madikeri on Friday morning, and later handed over to the family.
Scores of BJP activists staged a dharna and blocked the road in Madikeri. They dispersed once the body was shifted to Rangasamudra. A large posse of policemen were deployed to prevent any untoward incident and to ensure smooth conduct of the last rites.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by R. Krishna Kumar / Rangasamudra(Kodagu District) / July 09th, 2016
