Ranchi, Aug. 5 -- The last rites of veteran tribal leader and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) founder Shibu Soren will be performed on Tuesday in his native village, Nimra, following his demise in Delhi.

People gathered in large numbers at his residence in Ranchi on Monday to pay their final respects to the former Jharkhand Chief Minister and JMM patriarch.

Soren passed away on August 4 at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the national capital after a prolonged illness.

Born on January 11, 1944, in Nemra village in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, Shibu Soren belonged to a modest Santhal Adivasi farming family. His father, Shobaran Soren, was a vocal opponent of local zamindars (landlords) and was murdered at their hands when Shibu was just a boy. T...