Teji Bachchan's ashes immersed in MP

Thursday, December 27, 2007, 18:02 [IST]

Satna, MP, Dec 27 (UNI) Amid tight security, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan today immersed the ashes of his late mother Teji Bachchan in the Mandakini River here while mantras were chanted even as a crowd looked on to catch a glimpse of the hero.

Wife Jaya, brother Ajitabh, son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya and Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh accompanied Amitabh in a helicopter that touched down at 1415 hrs at Chitrakoot's Arogyadham. The actor went by car to Bharatghat and took a boat to Ramghat.

Amitabh was here for about an hour.

UNI

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