Ninety-five-year-old Chhabi Roy died yesterday after prolonged illness and her mortal remains were consigned to flames in the presence of prominent personalities from film and political field.
Chhabi Roy, who was born in Araria district of Bihar, had been been critically ailing for last two years and was at a makeshift hospital at Sahara Shaher, Lucknow.
Sahara chief Subrata Roy last night walked out of Tihar jail, where he was lodged for over two years, after the Supreme Court granted him a four-week parole to attend the funeral of his mother.
Prominent among those who paid their condolences were Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, PWD minister minister Shivpal Singh Yadav, film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Raj Babbar among others.
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