Muslim neighbours help Hindu family in Jaipur perform a funeral

Ashish Mehta | TNN | Updated: Apr 14, 2020, 09:12 IST

Muslims help perform last rites of Hindu man in Jaipur on Monday

JAIPUR: Amid fear and paranoia created by the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdown, an example of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood in the city holds out as a ray of hope in these trying times.
Members of the Muslim community on Monday helped a Hindu family perform the funeral of a 36-year-old man who died of cancer. The Muslim neighbours of the deceased at Sanjay Nagar Kachchi Basti under Bhatta Basti police station area not only arranged for a priest to perform the rites, they also chanted religious mantras and helped the family with the rites at the funeral ground in Chandpole.
According to locals, the deceased, identified as Rajendra Bhagri, was suffering from cancer and was bedridden.