The former MLC Maruthi Rao D. Maley, who passed away at 84 on Tuesday, was laid to rest at his farm in Hadagil Haruthi village on the outskirts of Kalaburagi on Wednesday.
Many dignitaries, Ministers, legislators and leaders of various parties and organisations paid their respects to the leader at his house in Shanthi Nagar in the morning.
Home Minister G. Parameshwar, who reached Kalaburagi by a special flight, was one among them.