The mortal remains of 62-year-old Himat Rai, who was among those killed in a devastating fire in southern Kuwait’s Mangaf, were consigned to flames at a cremation ground here.
His son, Arshdeep Singh (16), lit the funeral pyre.
Rai was among 49 people killed in the fire in the Al-Mangaf building on June 12. A majority of those killed were Indians; the remaining were Pakistani, Filipino, Egyptian and Nepali nationals.
The building housed around 195 migrant workers.
Rai’s family lives in Kakkon, a suburb of Hoshiarpur city.
Sham Chaurasi MLA Dr. Ravjot Singh and Hoshiarpur Tehsildar Gursewak Chand among many people who paid their last respects.
