The last rites to the body of Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Maddalacheruvu Suri, who was killed by his close associate Bhanu Kiran on Monday evening, were performed at his family estate in Maddelacheruvu, a remote village in Anantapur district on Wednesday.
Suri was buried besides the graves of his parents at the family estate.
Earlier, the body was brought in a procession from his house to the estate. Thousands of people had visited the slain factionist leader's residence to pay their last respect.
The district headquarters Anantapur observed a bandh as a mark of sympathy to Suri. The police had already made tight police bandobust. About 200 policemen had been deployed to ward off any untoward incident with Superintendent Of Police Manesh Kumar Sinha visiting vulnerable towns including Dharmavaram and Penukonda to supervise law and order.
Anantapur MLA Gurnatha reddy, former minister J C Diwakar Reddy's son J C Prabhakar Reddy, Zilla Panchayat Chairperson Kavitha and others attended the funeral.
Courtesy: INN
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