Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday visited the prestigious Loyola College here to pay homage to the “ashes” of Fr. Stan Swamy, who died at a Mumbai hospital on July 5, hours before his bail plea was to be heard.
Stalin, accompanied by his half-sister Kanimozhi, State Minorities Commission Chairman Peter Alphonse, and party leaders, paid respect to the deceased Jesuit father, who was born in Viragallur village in Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.
A statement from the DIPR said Stalin paid homages to the “ashes” of Stan Sway at the Loyola College premises here. He also placed a wreath near a portrait of the deceased activist.
Stalin had condoled Stan Swamy’s death on July 5.
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