Former teacher of Maharatha Vidyapeeth Mirja Hamid Beg passed away at the age of 74. Beg was very popular as a teacher; and as soon as his death news spread, hundreds of his students and well-wishers thronged at his residence to pay their last respect to the departed soul.
Among others, his student and Kendrapada MLA Sashi Bhusan Behera, Bhubaneswar North MLA Susanta Kumar Rout, Bhubaneswar Central MLA Ananta Narayan Jena, former MLA Priyadarshi Mishra, Bhagirathi Badajena, educationist and Beg’s old friend Pradipta Chhotaray, Trilochan Panda, Pandit Udayanath Rath, Arun Srichandan, Satrughan Sahu, Laxmidhar Behera, cooperative leader Akshya Lenka and former corporator Sukumar Sahu expressed grief over the sad demise of Beg.
His last rites were conducted here.