Amid poignant scenes, the last rites of Damera Rakesh, 21, who was killed in Friday’s incident of police firing during the violent protests by scores of army job aspirants against the Centre’s Agnipath scheme for the armed forces at Secunderabad railway station, were performed at his native Dabeerpet village in Khanapur mandal of Warangal district on Saturday.
The funeral was preceded by a 60-km-long procession from the MGM hospital in Warangal to Dabeerpur via Narsampet that witnessed an outpouring of grief and anguish from the mourners.
A daylong bandh was observed in Narsampet Assembly constituency in protest against the “police firing”. Shops downed shutters and the TSRTC buses remained off the road during the bandh in the constituency.
