Srinagar, May 23 -- In another example of communal harmony and brotherhood, the Muslim neighbors in south Kashmir's Tral Township on Saturday helped perform the last rites of an elderly Kashmiri Pandit who passed away this morning.

95-year-old Jagar Nath Bhat breathed his last in his home in Buchoo of Tral in the wee hours today plunging the small village in mourning, eyewitnesses told Kashmir Observer. After the news spread in the village, the local Muslims visited the family and expressed condolences with them. Many youth, the reports said made arrangements in performing his last rites. They also ferried firewood for helping the family to cremate the deceased.

A former auditor of Cooperative department, Bhat and his family, including ...