Relatives skip Pravin Mahajan’s final farewell

A day after he passed away of multiple organ failure at Jupiter Hospital in Thane, Pravin Mahajan was cremated at the Muktidham crematorium at Jawahar Baug, Thane, on Thursday morning. Pravin’s body was brought directly from JJ Hospital where it was sent for post mortem on Wednesday night.

Pravin’s elder brother, Prakash Mahajan, was present at the crematorium and grieved at the loss of his brothers. “One of my brothers (Pramod Mahajan) was killed, while the other is dead. Losing both my brothers is a huge mental and emotional loss for me,” said Prakash. “I was close to both Pramod and Pravin. In fact Pravin being my younger brother, he had grown up in my arms and unfortunately today I had to attend his funeral.”

Pravin is survived by wife Sarangi, daughter Vrushali and son Kapil, who lit his funeral pyre. Except for Prakash, no other member of the Mahajan or Munde (Gopinath Munde is the Pravin’s brother-in-law) families attended Pravin’s last rites. The only politician in sight was Maharashtra Navnirman Sena’s
Ram Kadam.

When asked about the absence of the Mahajan clan, Prakash said: “I did my duty of informing both families about Pravin’s critical condition and his death. They are mature enough to take their own decisions. Our mother is not keeping well and so she would not be able to bear the tragedy.”

Prakash added that one of his priorities now was to support Pravin’s family. However, he refused to speak about the payment of Pravin’s hospital bills and said a decision on the same will be taken in few days span.