The body of Rakesh Siddaramaiah, son of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah was placed at the Karnataka Exhibition grounds in Mysuru on Monday for the public to pay their respects.

The last rites will be performed at T Katur Farm House in the evening.

Thirty-nine-year-old Rakesh died of multiple-organ failure on Saturday at Antwerp University Hospital in Brussels, in Belgium. The body was flown from Brussels to Mysuru via Bengaluru on Monday.

Ministers G Parameshwara, HC Mahadevappa, HS Mahadeva Prasad, and DK Shivakumar were reportedly present. Senior Congress leaders, including Digvijay Singh, M Mallikarjun Kharge, and KH Muniyappa, and Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda were also in attendance.