Virendra Paswan, a street vendor, was shot dead by Islamic terrorists in Kashmir on Tuesday. His last rites have been performed in Srinagar. It is reported that the family chose to perform the last rites in Kashmir as they could not afford to take him to Bhagalpur in Bihar.
https://twitter.com/Wangu_News18/status/1446362116726804481?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwThe administration was condemned for not making necessary arrangements to transport the deceased and his family to Bhagalpur. However, Junaid Azim Mattoo, the Mayor of Srinagar, said that authorities had procured free air tickets and made provisions for the transport of the deceased but the family wanted the cremation to happen in Srinagar.
https://twitter.com/Junaid_Mattu/status/1445795669935935489?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwEditor at News18 Network, Shalinder Wangu, said that the family had chosen to cremate the body in Srinagar as provisions were made for their travel to Patna but they could not afford to onward journey from Patna to Bhagalpur.
https://twitter.com/Wangu_News18/status/1446373875072135168?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwVirendra Paswan is father to seven children, five daughters and two sons. His brother and locals from the community participated in the cremation. Kashmir has been hit with a series of targeted killings of Hindus and Sikhs by Islamic terrorists. Soon after Paswan, two teachers were also killed, one of them Hindu and the other a Sikh.