PRAYAGRAJ: A team of Nawabganj police on Friday offered a helping hand to the kin of a 55-year-old man to arrange his funeral at Shringverpur ghat in trans-Ganga area of Prayagraj district. The kin of deceased, Jeet Lal Patel, who died after a prolonged illness at his house in Kunda village of Pratapgarh on Thursday night, had brought him to the Ganga bank at Shringverpur ghat on Friday afternoon for burial as per their old tradition in the family. When station house officer (Nawabganj) Awan Kumar Dixit received the information, a three-member police team immediately rushed to the spot and stopped the family members from burying the body. When police officials talked to the kin of the deceased man and asked to perform his cremation, they expressed their unwillingness citing lack of money and tried to arrange it from relatives. However, when the family members could not be able to collect the required amount for the funeral, they sought help from the police authorities for the same. The cops on duty then arranged the pyre woods and other items for funeral of Jeet Lal Patel. SHO Dixit told TOI that police have helped the family to perform the last rite of the deceased. “The family members had brought the body for burial as per their family tradition we convinced them to cremate the body.” SHO added a team of policemen along with members of monitoring committee has been maintaining a close watch on Shringverpur ghat round the clock so that no dead body is buried or immersed in water. Vigil is also being maintained at Phaphamau, Chatnaag and Kadadham ghats, he added.