Family in Jharkhand runs for an entire day from village to village to bury Covid victim
Tired of running from pillar to post, they finally loaded the body on a tractor and parked it outside the block office.
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Family members of Iklasus Lakra with his dead body on a tractor in Jharkhand s Gumla district. (Photo | Express)
Express News Service
RANCHI: With villagers barring the way, the body of 65-year-old Iklasus Lakra, who succumbed to Covid at Sadar Hospital in Gumla district on Sunday, is awaiting burial for the last 24 hours.
Lakra s family frantically moved from one village to another to bury him, but they were opposed everywhere by the villagers. They finally decided to bring the dead body to the block office in Bishunpur and have requested the local administration to intervene in the matter.