Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), May 10 (PTI) Thousands of people bid a tearful adieu to former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu whose mortal remains were consigned to flames today, 10 days after his death in a chopper crash.
Over 7000 people gathered at the cremation ground at Shebdung near his native village in Tawang district this morning to pay their last respect to their 'Laughing Buddha', as he was fondly called.
The last rites were performed as per Monpa traditions along with state honours.
The body was taken to the cremation ground from his residence after Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin, his cabinet colleagues, Speaker Wanglin Lowangdong, AICC leaders Dhaniram Shandil and Sanjoy Bapna, legislators and other senior officials paid their tributes to the departed soul.