New Delhi, May 03: Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Monday seemed to be criticising the US over the burial at sea given to Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who was killed by American forces in Pakistan.
“However big a criminal one might be, his religious traditions should be respected while burying him,” he told media persons in New Delhi when asked about the burial process.
The US has maintained that the body was handled in accordance with Islamic practice and tradition. The burial at sea was apparently due to fears that his land burial may become a site to attract his followers.
However, some Islamic organisations have said that it was not appropriate.
–Agencies–