Shillong, Dec 05: Hundreds of people gathered at Bishnupur area in Shillong- to be part of the candle -lighting-ceremony and showed their anguish over the death of forty five years old Bisheshwar Das.
As emotion runs high, Hundreds of people gathered at Bishnupur in Shillong to express their solidarity with forty five years old Bisheshwar Das. Home Minister Roshan Warjeri and local MLA Sanbor Shullai apart others were present on the occasion.
Showing their sorrow, people in large number lit candles as they pray for the peace to prevail.
The deceased family members, friends, well wishers and concerned citizens came to show their solidarity with the deceased family during the hours of their grieve and demanded justice.
Cutting across communities, ages and genders Shillongites came out in large number and were seen lighting hundreds of candles even as they demand that justice be delivered to the departed soul.
The Bishnupur bazaar tea stall owner in Meghalaya Bisheshwar Das succumbed to the burn injuries he had received when arsonists poured petrol and set him on fire him last month.
The NEMCARE hospital sources in Guwahati where he was admitted said the burn victim died at around 5am on Wednesday.
Das became the second victim to have died because of the attack during the ILP movement.
Earlier, the Meghalaya Machineries owner Vikash Nandwal was the first victim to have died after arsonists also poured petrol and set him on fire. Fifty year old Bisheshwar Das had suffered 50 percent injuries after the attack on him in his Babua tea stall in Bishnupur.
Das was surviving with the support of a ventilator for the last few days and according to the hospital sources he died because of multi organ failure. The East Khasi hills police had arrested four KSU members Readyonstone Nongrum, general secretary of KSU Lawsohtun unit, Shemphang Nongkynrih Peter Lyngkhoi and Johny Sohkhlet (26) whom the police they alleged where involved in the burning case of Das. (SP News)
