PHAGWARA: Veteran Freedom Fighter and former Rajya Sabha Member Mahinder Singh Saluja(96) breathed his last at the house of his grand son in Phagwara today.
He remained Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pardesh and his family migrated to Punjab after 1984 riots. Hundreds of the citizens attended his funeral held with full state honours at crematorium on Phagwara—Hoshiarpur Road on Saturday Evening. SDM Phagwara Latif Ahmed attended and paid tributes on behalf of the government.