Patna: The son of spiritual guru Ashutosh Maharaj, who was declared clinically dead early this year but kept in deep freeze, Thursday demanded his birthright to perform the last rites of his father at his native village in Bihar.

"It's my birthright as per age Hindu tradition to perform the last rites of my father. I deserve my right and my father also deserves his last rites soon," Dilip Jha, son of Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan head Ashutosh Maharaj, told the media here.