Eminent Punjabi litterateur, writer and social worker Mohan Sharma passed away on Thursday morning at the age of around 79. He had been critically injured in a road accident last Sunday and was undergoing treatment at Amar Hospital in Patiala.
 

His last rites were performed on Thursday afternoon at the local Kishanpura cremation ground in Sangrur. Thousands of people gathered to pay their final respects to the departed writer, bidding him an emotional farewell with tearful eyes.
 

Mohan Sharma was a well-known literary personality who was actively associated with several social and cultural organisations in the city. Apart from his contribution to literature and writing, he was also recognised for his work in the social sector.
 

After retiring from his position as District Savings Officer, Sharma continued his public service and served for a long period as the Director of the Red Cross De-addiction Hospital in Sangrur.
 

Several prominent personalities from political, social, literary and public life attended his cremation to pay tribute to him.
 

Those present included former Parliamentary Secretary Babu Parkash Chand Garg, District Planning Board Chairman Gurmel Singh Gharachon, Market Committee Sangrur Chairman Avtar Singh Elwal, BKU Ekta Ugrahan state president Joginder Singh Ugrahan, former Health Department Director Dr HS Bali and BJP district president Sarjeevan Jindal.
 

State-level pensioners' leader Raj Kumar Arora, advocate Gurtej Singh Grewal, Daljit Singh Sekhon, Surjit Singh Grewal, litterateurs Pawan Harchandpuri, Jeet Harjit and Birinder Bhanbhouri, and IDP leader Faljit Singh were also among those who attended the funeral.
 

A large number of people from the literary community, prominent city residents and village panchayat representatives also gathered to bid farewell to the respected writer.