Karnataka Governor Thawarchand Gehlot and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai today paid their final respects to legendary actor Puneeth Rajkumar.
The Power star Puneeth Rajkumar is likely to be cremated with full state honours at 6.30 p.m. at Kanteerava Stadium. His mortal remains are kept at the stadium for 'antim darshan'.
Thousands of fans of the late actor had gathered to catch a last glimpse of the actor.
Massive traffic jams are expected in the city, owing to which the police has made special parking arrangements in advance, with space available at St Joseph's ground on Vittal Mallya
Road and the YMCA ground on Nrupatunga Road.
Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai expressed condolences for the death of Karnataka's "most loved superstar" and declared that state honours would be bestowed upon the actor
during his funeral.
The actor's daughter is coming in from the United States to perform the funeral rites; she is scheduled to arrive in Delhi at 1.30 p.m. and will get to Bengaluru by 4.15 p.m.
Kannada film star Puneet Rajkumar passed away after suffering cardiac arrest in Bengaluru on Friday. He was 46-year-old. Earlier on Friday, the power star was rushed to the Vikram hospital
as he complained of severe chest pain during the workout.
Puneeth was one of the biggest superstars of the Kannada film industry and his untimely death on Friday stunned the whole film industry and his thousands of fans, who couldn't take the
news.
Following his death, a 30-year-old man from Karnataka's Chamrajnagar district died of cardiac arrest while another died after a major heart attack in Shindolli village, Belagavi.
One admirer of the actor is said to have committed suicide, and another is said to have crushed his palm in rage in Karnataka.
The visuals of tens of thousands of fans gathered at Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru to pay tribute to the late actor Puneeth Rajkumar had gone viral on social media platforms.