Never told us he was going to Kumbh, says Shravan Rathod's son

Shravan Kumar Rathod with family

Feeling the vacuum left by his father's untimely death, Sanjeev Rathod, son of late music composer Shravan Kumar Rathod wishes he had stopped him from going to Kumbh mela. Hospitalised after testing positive for Coronavirus along with his mother, Sanjeev grieves that he was unable to perform the last rights of his father. "My brother Darshan did the rituals as he tested negative. Mother and I are in the hospital. We all are struggling to cope with this irreplaceable loss to our family," says Sanjeev, who further informed that Shravan suffered from breathing issues six months back. "Once he felt better, he had again started travelling. He went to Badrinath temple, then he went to Jagannath Puri in Orissa and his final destination was Kumbh mela [with mom]."

Unaware of his father's plans, Sanjeev says, "He never told us he was going to Kumbh. He told us he was going to Haridwar. [I repeatedly] asked him, if he was fine. If it was in my hand I would have never let him go. But I have seen people dying [despite] sitting at home. Catching the infection or dying is inevitable." Shravan had a multi-organ failure after testing positive for the virus.