Followers congregate for religious leader’s funeral at Mandvi

Rajkot: Large number of people in Mandvi town of Kutch participated in a funeral procession of a religious leader on Saturday morning. As it was an unorganized event, police, therefore, did not register any offence against the public.
Religous leader Haji Ahmedsha Bava Sayed who was better known as Mufti e Aazam Kutch died post midnight on Friday. Hearing the news of his death, around 4,000 followers from various parts of Kutch reached Mandvi to pay homage.
Soon, videos surfaced showing his followers out on the roads in huge numbers. Finding the mourners peaceful, Mandvi police did not disturb the event and tried to disburse the congregations as soon as possible.
When contacted SP Kutch (west) Saurabh Singh said, “It was not an organized event but his followers voluntarily poured in suddenly in huge numbers for the last rites as he was a popular leader of Kutch. Even his kin’s intention was not to flout any guidelines as they had called only immediate relatives under the limit prescribed and also completed the burial around 8am in the morning. Therefore, nobody was to be blamed here.”