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The locals made video clips of the incident, which occurred in Kahalgaon block under Bhagalpur.
Mithilesh Kumar died due to snake bite in his native village Nawada Bazar in Banka district. His family members took his body to the Barari Ghat in Bhagalpur but the Dom Raja of the Ghat demanded Rs 1 lakh to allow them to dump it in the Ganga.
In Bihar, there is a tradition that the last rites of someone who died of snake bite are doing by putting the body into the Ganga, along with a banana tree trunk.
The family members negotiated with Dom Raja and the latter agreed to Rs 11,000 but as they did not even have that money, they took the dead body to Kahalgaon, some 50 km away from Bhagalpur city.
Dead bodies continued to be dump into the Ganga in Bihar
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Dead bodies continued to be dump into the Ganga in Bihar.. Image Source: IANS News
Patna, June 13 : The relatives of a man, who died due to snakebite in Bihar s Bhagalpur district, dumped his body into the Ganga on Sunday, despite objections of the local residents.
The locals made video clips of the incident, which occurred in Kahalgaon block under Bhagalpur.
Mithilesh Kumar died due to snake bite in his native village Nawada Bazar in Banka district. His family members took his body to the Barari Ghat in Bhagalpur but the Dom Raja of the Ghat demanded Rs 1 lakh to allow them to dump it in the Ganga.
Two green crematoriums in Varanasi, also known as greenatorium, enabling last rites with wood in electric crematorium, are also being installed under the ongoing Kashi Vishwanath Dham (Corridor) project.
The Manikarnika Ghat, one of the most sacred cremation grounds, is now being expanded with 18 more pyre frames on three platforms as death counts due to Covid refuses to subside.Two green crematoriums, also known as greenatorium, enabling last .
SHOCKING: Several dead bodies found floating in Ganga in Bihar, Yamuna in UP as COVID-19 cases surge
Several unidentified and partially burnt bodies were spotted floating in the Yamuna and Ganga in UP and Bihar. The site in Bihar s Buxar where the dead bodies were seen floating. (Photo: ANI)
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Updated: May 11, 2021, 12:45 PM IST
As India is reeling under a massive second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of deaths has also increased. Such is the situation that crematoriums and burial grounds are packed to capacity.
Amid this, several unidentified and partially burnt bodies were spotted floating in the Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh s Hamirpur. On Sunday (May 9), some residents spotted the bodies floating in River Yamuna and alerted the police.