Abdul Kalam’s Rameswaram mourns the death its most favourite son

Read: Former President Abdul Kalam passes away at 84 after sudden illness

The former President’s brother, Mohammed Muthu Meera Lebbai Maraicker, who is 99, was weeping uncontrollably and demanding to see “the face of his brother,” Maraicker’s son Jainulabuddin told PTI.

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They were talking to officials about discussing the possibility of bringing his body to Rameswaram for performing last rites, he said.

The close relatives of Abdul Kalam, his grand nieces and nephews and cousins were seen wailing inside the house.

The local mosque had been closed as a mark of respect to the former President.

People in the area recalled the soft nature of the former president, who used to be friendly with people even when he was at the helm of affairs.

Meanwhile, a Puducherry report said all government run and privately managed schools and colleges in the Union Territory will remain closed tomorrow as a mark of respect to the former President.

Education Minister T Thiagarajan said educational institutions in all the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam would remain closed to mourn the death of the leader.