Emotional goodbye to CM’s wife

Emotional goodbye to CM’s wife 

 Inside the residence

* The bereaved CM and his son Sukhbir broke into tears several times
* Top bureaucrats and politicians were seen standing in a long queue
* The air-conditioned hall where the body was kept was packed to capacity
* Due to the long queue of visitors offering tributes, the cremation was delayed for more than one-and-a-half hours

Outside residence

* Long queues of VIP vehicles along the road leading to the Badal residence
* Due to the jammers, mobile phone connectivity was almost choked

Security in the village

* Multi-tier security arrangements across the village
* Most shops remained closed
* The PSPCL rest house in the village where several Cabinet ministers and senior bureaucrats halted was abuzz with activity

At the cremation

* Hundreds of persons, including women, sat on the floor in the adjacent grain yard waiting for the ceremony since morning
* Sukhbir travelled to the cremation ground along the body in a flower-decked ambulance van
* The pyre was lit by Sukhbir at 2.25 pm
Compiled by Rajay Deep