New Delhi: The mortal remains of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister PriyaRanjanDasmunsi were cremated on Tuesday night with full state honours at Raiganj in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Congress supporters and local people in large numbers thronged Raiganj Bandar crematorium and bade him a tearful farewell.Among those present at Dasmunsi's funeral were his wife Deepa, son Priyadeep, state Congress president AdhirChowdhury and other senior party leaders. 

Earlier, Dasmunsi's body was brought from Kolkata in a helicopter and taken by road to his home in Kaliaganj, around 25 km away. In Kolkata, leaders cutting across political lines paid tributes to the former Union minister and recalled their association with him.