Deoria (UP), June 18: The last rites of Shivanand Chaurasia, who was among the three Indian seafarers killed in a US military attack on a commercial vessel near the Oman coast, were held on Thursday in his village here in Uttar Pradesh.
The body was taken in a procession under tight security to a ghat where Chaurasia was cremated in the presence of family.
The body of Chaurasia, who was working as an engine fitter on a tanker operated by a foreign shipping company, arrived at the Delhi airport from Muscat early Wednesday morning. It was later flown to the Gorakhpur airport and brought to his native Surauli village by road on Wednesday evening. (PTI)
