The cremation of Joya Pati, the youngest daughter of Kumudini Welfare Trust (KWT) founder and philanthropist RP Saha, was held at her village home in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail yesterday.
Joya, former KWT managing director and former principal of Mirzapur Bharateswari Homes, died in London on December 9, aged 84.
Upon arrival from London yesterday, her body was first taken to the KWT head office in the capital's Gulshan and then to Kumudini Complex in Mirzapur in the afternoon.
Tangail-7 Lawmaker Ekabbar Hossain, Deputy Commissioner Mahbub Hossain, Superintendent of Police Mahbub Alam and people from all walks of life placed floral wreaths on her coffin there.
The body was later taken to her former workplace Bharateswari Homes where students, teachers, physicians and other employees of the Homes, Kumudini Medical College, Kumudini Nursing College and Kumudini Hospital paid tributes to her with flowers.
Among others, KWT Managing Director Razib Prasad Saha, who is also Joya's nephew, its Director Protibha Mutsuddi, Kumudini Hospital Director Dr Dulal Poddar, Kumudini Medical College Principal Dr Abdul Halim and Bharateswari Homes Principal Protibha Haldar were present at that time.
Joya's "Shraddha" will take place at Kumudini Complex tomorrow.