Hyderabad: The last rites of the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajsekhar Reddy will be held with
full state honours at his native place Pulivendula in Cuddapah district on Friday.
According to sources, the cremation of the departed Chief Minister will be held at
around 2 pm. Before that the body will be placed at Lal Bahdur
Shastri stadium to enable the public and supporters to pay their last respects,
sources said. Meanwhile, the bodies of all the five have been airlifted to Kurnool
by Indian Air Force helicopters. From here they will be shifted to Hyderabad
in a special copter. The autopsy of all the five bodies will be conducted in Hyderabad,
sources added. The Andhra Pradesh Government has declared five days state mourning
in honour of YSR and cancelled all the official programmes in the state and the
national flag will be hoisted at half-mast.
