Mysore/Mysuru, April 30 -- Mortal remains taken in a procession

The mortal remains of Chamarajanagar BJP MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad (76), who passed away at a Bengaluru Hospital in the wee hours of Monday following multi-organ failure, was taken out in a procession this afternoon from NTM Government School (also called as Maharani Kempananjammanni School) in Ashokapuram of the city, where his body was kept for the public to pay their last respects since yesterday afternoon.

The hearse carrying the coffin passed through several thoroughfares of Ashokapuram located along Manandavadi Road during which thousands of people paid their last respects to the departed leader. The van was stopped for sometime at Ashokapuram 2nd Cross where Prasad was...