In Pictures : Sita Dahal last rites performed with State honours

Last rites of Sita Dahal, the CPN (Maoist Centre) leader and spouse of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal were performed today at Pashupati Aryaghat in Kathmandu with State honours.

The meeting of the Council of Ministers today had made arrangements for State honours to late Dahal according to which a contingent of Nepali Army offered a guard of honour to her.

The national flag of Nepal was draped over the mortal remains of Sita Dahal as a final tribute. Prime Minister Dahal lit her funeral pyre. Late Dahal's daughters Renu Dahal and Ganga Dahal also joined their father in the last rites rituals of their mother.