Ganga seer's father stakes claim on body

June 16, 2011 11:41

Not a peep out of the family when Swami Nigamananda was on fast to save the Ganga over illegal mining. Now that Nigamananda died on Monday after he slipped into a coma in a 114-day fast, his father, Prakash Chandra Jha, has asked Matru Sadan Ashram in Haridwar, to hand over his body.

"I want the body of my son for the funeral. The Matru Sadan Ashram should hand over his body to the family," said Jha ,who is staging a dharna in front of the ashram.

"The family has every right to perform his last rites; it's an age-old tradition, but the ashram wants to deny us this right," Jha said in a choked voice.

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