Srinagar, January 27, 2022 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, in yet another display of communal harmony, Muslims performed last rites of a Kashmiri Pandit, who passed away in Watalbagh area of Ganderbal district. A 72-year-old pandit, Mohan Krishna Matoo, breathed his last at Soura Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar, plunging the whole locality in mourning. Soon after the news of Matoo’s death spread, local Muslims made special arrangements in performing his last rites. They also ferried firewood to help the family to cremate the deceased.

“It is our duty to help neighbours irrespective of their religion,” Shahbaz, a local resident, said. “He passed away in the morning. Keeping social distancing norms in mind, the local Muslims visited the bereaved family one by one and expressed their condolences,” another local Aijaz said.

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