Folk and classical music maestro Pandit Ramkanai Das was cremated yesterday at his village Perua under Derai upazila of Sunmganj.
“He was cremated around 5 pm in our village crematorium,” said Chandan Das, his nephew and local UP member. His body was kept at Sylhet Central Shaheed Minar and Derai Shaheed Minar for all to pay their last respect to the legendary singer.
An Ekushey Padak recipient, Ramkanai breathed his last at the capital’s Metropolitan Hospital on Friday night.
