Overview

• A funeral mass at St Thomas’ Church in Kolkata was followed by an interment at Lower Circular Road Cemetery on August 17
• Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey, Arun Lal and Derek O’Brien were among those who comforted his son Leander Paes
• Young players lined the procession route with raised sticks while flags of East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Hockey Bengal draped his coffin
• The BCCI issued a condolence statement praising his introduction of structured anti-doping education and age-verification measures during his 2010–2018 tenure
• Tributes from Hockey Bengal, club officials and Noomi Mehta underscored his legacy as an Olympic bronze medallist and pioneering sports medicine expert