Actor Sanchari Vijay to be cremated with police honours

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday announced that the last rites of noted Kannada actor Sanchari Vijay will be performed with police honours The actors family has decided to donate his organs in light of the irreversible brain damage Taking to Twitter Yediyurappa said that the cremation of the national Awardwinning actor Sanchari Vijay will be held with police honoursI am thankful to his family who came forward to donate the organs I offer my condolences to such a talented artist he saidVijays family members have decided to perform his last rites in their home town at Kaduru in Chikkamagaluru district where he will be buried as per the Lingayat communitys rituals Kaduru is 250 km away from Bengaluru The actor will be laid to rest at a farm owned by his friend Raghu in Panchanahalli near Kadur of Chikkamagaluru district His mortal remains were kept for public viewing at Ravindra Kalakshetra in BengaluruActors Dhananjaya Ninasam Sathish director Guru Deshpande Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar among many other others paid their last respect to Vijay His death had surfaced on Monday afternoon This was after his brother Siddhesh Kumar told the media that the family had decided to donate his organs as the doctors had informed them about a very little chance of his revivalVijays elder brother Virupaksha and younger brother Siddesh have given written consent for the organ donation while his cousin brother Srikanth N S was the witness Subsequently Jeevasarthakathe a state government appointed body to oversee the implementation of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act of 1994 informed the police and the permission was obtained Once these procedures were completed the organ harvesting process from the donor was started intervening night of Monday and TuesdayVijay donated two kidneys liver heart valves and corneas and became the first Sandalwood celebrity to donate all organs though many celebrities have been part of eye donation campaigns and even donated too Actor Vijay who was associated with the Usire Breathe team to provide oxygen for Covid patients was also doing his bit for the needy by amplifying information about Covid resources through his social media pagesVijay had met with an accident while riding pillion on a motorcycle with his friend Naveen on June 12 They had set out to buy medicines when their bike skidded due to rains and hit the pole at J P Nagars 7th Phase Naveen has also suffered a leg fracture while Vijay was taken for surgeries of the brain and leg at the hospitalVijay started his career in theatre before making his film debut with Rangappa Hogbitna in 2011 He then made headlines for his National Award Best Actor win for Naanu AvanallaAvalu in 2015 for reprising a role of transgender Dasavala Oggarane Harivu Killing Veerappan and Nathicharami were some of the other films he starred in The actor has also given his voice for the Aadaadta Aayushya This Life at Play audiobook which is the autobiography of Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad for the first time The audiobook runs for about 15 hoursThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever