The wall of silence was pierced by wails from friends, relatives and well-wishers who had been waiting at the Kamte residence since early morning. Kamte senior, who had maintained his composure all this while, broke down after five minutes.
Kamte shot into limelight when he stripped and beat up Ravi Patil, three-time Karnataka MLA and a resident of Solapur, for violating loudspeaker norms during his birthday bash.