Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State president and Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama (SKJU) vice-president Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal, 74, was interred at Panakkad Juma Masjid graveyard with State honours in the early hours on March 7.
The burial took place early as doctors had warned against keeping the body for long hours. Thousands of people had thronged at the Municipal Town Hall, Malappuram, where the body was kept on Sunday evening for the public to pay homage.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan paid his last respects to Thangal by laying a wreath on the body around 10 p.m. on Sunday. Assembly Speaker M.B. Rajesh, Minister for Sports V. Abdurahiman, Minister for Agriculture P. Prasad, and former Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Mullappally Ramachandran, were among those who paid their respects on Sunday night. BJP leader K.K. Surendran laid a wreath on behalf of Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai.
