Balrampur: After a video of a body of suspected COVID-19 affected person being thrown right into a river in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur has surfaced, a case has been registered towards the family, the police stated.
The incident occurred on May 28, and the video shot by a few individuals who have been driving by the spot, has gone viral. In the video, two males are seen lifting a body on the bridge over Rapti river. The man in the PPE go well with might be seen tinkering with the body — in all probability attempting to get it out of the body bag.
Later, the Balrampur of Chief Medical Officer confirmed that the body was certainly of a Covid affected person, and the family members have been attempting to dump it in the river.
“Preliminary investigations have revealed that the patient was admitted to hospital on May 25, and he died three days later. As per Covid protocol, the body was handed over to his relatives. The relatives threw the body into the river. We have filed a case and strict action will be taken,” stated Balrampur Chief Medical Officer V.V. Singh.
A case has been booked towards the family, this comes regardless of strict directions from the the UP authorities towards disposal of useless our bodies in rivers and different water our bodies.
Earlier, our bodies of a number of suspected COVID sufferers had washed up on the banks of river Ganga in elements of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh after which the chief minister requested all district magistrates to make sure that the our bodies have been correctly disposed.
(With inputs from company)
