Mahendranagar, Oct 21: The last rites of Bipin Joshi were performed this morning on the bank of the Mahakali River. His remains were brought to his residence at Bheemdatta Municipality-3 on Monday evening from Israel, where he had gone as an agricultural student under the Learn and Earn programme.
Before the cremation, a funeral procession was held, and a contingent of the Armed Police Force presented him with a guard of honour, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Sagar Bohora of the District Police Office, Kanchanpur.
Local representatives, officials from administrative bodies and security agencies, along with a large number of residents, gathered to bid a final farewell to Joshi, who lost his life while being held hostage by the Hamas group for the past two years.
During the Hamas attack in Israel two years ago, seven other students from Sudurpaschim Province also lost their lives.
