Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (SP)
Puttur, Jun 27: In a tragic incident that occurred at Bettampady village in the taluk on Saturday June 25, two members of a family left for heavenly abode on the same day.
Manigo (85), wife of the late Mudda Mera from Arantanadka in Bettampady, and Batya (58), son of the first wife of Mudda Mera, died on Saturday.
It is learnt that Batya got busy with preparations for conducting the funeral of his stepmother, who had breathed her last that day. However, before the funeral rituals were completed, he suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed, never to breathe again.
The poor family found it hard to make arrangements for conducting two funerals on a single day. While Bettampady gram panchayat extended monetary assistance of Rs 1,000, some local philanthropists also chipped in with contributions, to enable the family to go ahead with conducting two funerals.