The driver abandoned the victim near a crematorium after the victim's family said they cannot pay Rs 18,000 for transporting the victim over a distance of less than 30 km.
Ambulance driver held for seeking Rs 18K to transport Covid victim s body
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Bengaluru, May 29 : An ambulance driver in Bengaluru was arrested for allegedly dumping a Covid-19 patient s body outside a crematorium on the city s outskirts as the deceased s family refused pay the exorbitant fee he sought, police said on Friday.
The accused was identified as Sharath Gowda.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Northeast division, C. K. Baba, in a tweet, said that the accused had sought Rs 18,000 for transporting the body from Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research in Jayanagar 9th Block to the China Shanti Dhama Electric Crematorium in Hebbal.
Weeks after beating covid, HS Doreswamy passes away
Weeks after beating covid, HS Doreswamy passes away
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: May 27, 2021, 06:00 IST
HS Doreswamy (10-04-1918 to 26-05-2021)
Freedom fighter had pledged body to medical college, but was cremated with state honours
On Wednesday, volunteers who have been helping out with cremations in the city, had the honour of giving the final farewell to the city’s most respected, feisty centenarian freedom fighter HS Doreswamy.
Though Doreswamy had wanted his body to be donated to a medical college and had willed it too, due to covid, they could not donate his body and decided to go with cremation where state honours were given. Tanveer Ahmed from Mercy Angels said that their team had the opportunity and honour to be part of the last rites and to be able to carry his body.
Karnataka s centurion freedom fighter Doreswamy is no more
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Bengaluru: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh in a conversation with freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy during Samanjasa - a programme organised to discuss simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha; in Bengaluru on July 12, 2018. (Pho. Image Source: IANS News
Bengaluru, May 26 : After winning over the battle against dreaded Coronavirus a fortnight ago, eminent Gandhian and freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy, passed away at the ripe age of 103 due to cardiac arrest on Wednesday.
Doreswamy had contracted Covid on May 8 and was admitted to Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research (SJICSR) in Bengaluru and was discharged on May 13 but on May 14, was re-admitted due to post-Covid complications after he complained of severe weakness and fatigue. Here he breathed his last, his close confidante, Ravi Krishna Reddy told reporters.
103-year-old freedom fighter HS Doreswamy dies in Bengaluru of post-Covid complications
He took part in the Quit India movement and was in jail for 14 months. Post imprisonment, he worked as a journalist. After independence, he was into activism.
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BENGALURU: 103-year-old freedom fighter HS Doreswamy died here on Wednesday following a cardiac arrest.
In the first week of May, Doreswamy was admitted to Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research (SJICSR) in Bengaluru. He was discharged from the hospital in the second week of May, but was again readmitted due to post-Covid complications.