Ram Kishan Grewal cremated; Rahul attends funeral

The 70-year-old ex-serviceman, who was a former sarpanch of his village, committed suicide by consuming poison at a park in New Delhi on Tuesday evening. The incident snowballed into a political row on Wednesday with the Congress Vice President, Kejriwal and other opposition leaders attacking the Modi government on the issue while there was high drama that continued late into the night after police detained and prevented them from entering a hospital in Delhi where Grewal’s body was kept. Tight security arrangements were made on Thursday in view of the events in New Delhi. Rahul, who travelled by road, spent a few minutes with the grieving family members of Grewal. He had to jostle with the crowd to reach the family members of Grewal as slogans of ‘Ram Kishan amar rahe’ rented the air. Delhi CM Kejriwal, and various other leaders have presented here to console the grieving family during the cremation.