Industrialist and former Raymond Group chairman Vijaypat Singhania was cremated in Mumbai on Sunday.
Singhania, who was at the helm of the company from 1980 to 2000, died after a brief illness on Saturday evening. He was 87.
His sons Gautam, who currently leads Raymond, and Madhupati led the funeral procession as the mortal remains of Vijaypat Singhania, a Padma Bhushan awardee, were brought out of their family residence in south Mumbai.
Gautam’s wife Nawaz Modi also attended the funeral, which was held at the Chandanwadi crematorium.
Modi told PTI Videos that she spent a lot of time with Vijaypat Singhania, who stood by her like a rock.
As per Modi, who claimed to be a caretaker for Singhania, her father-in-law had not been keeping well since October last year and had been in and out of the hospital.
Vijaypat Singhania had been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital in recent months, she added.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who paid condolenc