The last rites of three Jharkhand migrant workers who died in the Goa nightclub fire were performed in their native villages on Monday. Brothers Pradeep and Binod Mahto from Ranchi and Mohit Munda from Khunti were among the 25 victims
Mortal remains of the three youths Mohit Munda, Pradeep and Vinod Mahto, being taken to their hometown. (Pic/PTI)
The last rites of the three migrant workers from Jharkhand who lost their lives in the Goa nightclub fire incident were performed at their hometowns on Monday, news agency PTI reported.
Pradeep Mahto (24) and his brother Binod (20) from Fatehpur Village in Lapung, Ranchi District, and Mohit Munda (22) of Govindpur Village in Khunti District died in the inferno that ravaged a North Goa club post-midnight on Sunday.
A total of 25 people, including 14 staff members of the nightclub, were killed in the blaze.
The bodies of Mahto, Binod, and Munda, who used to work at the nightclub, were brought back to the state in the morning by a flight, reported PTI.
The mortal remains of the two brothers were cremated on the banks of the Karo River in Lapung, around 60 km from Ranchi, in the presence of villagers and block officials.
The brothers had migrated to Goa about a year ago and used to send around Rs 30,000 per month to their family while working in the nightclub, PTI reported.
The victims' elder brother told media, "Both were unmarried. They were scheduled to celebrate Holi with us next year."
Jharkhand Agriculture Minister Shilpy Neha Tirkey, who coordinated with the Goa Government to bring back the bodies, said all the three victims belonged to her Mandar Constituency.
"The bodies were sent to their native villages in special ambulances. I will request Chief Minister Hemant Soren for some welfare provisions for the families of the victims," she told mediapersons.
Jharkhand's Labour Department has handed Rs 50,000 each to the families of the three victims as immediate assistance.
The state migrant control room's team lead, Shikha Lakra, who received the bodies at the airport, told the media, “The Labour Department has ensured that two of the family members of the victims who are still stranded in Goa are brought back to Ranchi by a flight in the evening."
Earlier, President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among othersa also expressed grief over the loss of lives.
Goa Chief Minister while asserting about the unfortunate incident said that, "A preliminary inquiry however, indicated that the fire started on the first floor, and due to congestion and small doors, customers could not move out. “Some of them rushed to the ground floor and got trapped there.”
(With inputs from PTI)
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