This story is from July 1, 2020

Covid-19 in Karnataka: After Ballari, now inhumane burial video from Yadgir surfaces

Just a day after shocking visuals of bodies of Covid-19 victims being handled disrespectfully surfaced, yet another similar instance has come to fore from Yadgir district.
Shocking! Inhumane burial video surfaces from Karnataka’s Yadgir
A screen-grab of the video where two persons with PPE suits were seen dragging, hurling and dumping the dead body of a Covid-19 victim.
RAICHUR/YADGIR: Just a day after shocking visuals of bodies of Covid-19 victims being handled disrespectfully surfaced, yet another similar instance has come to fore from Yadgir district.
A video of two persons with PPE suits dragging, hurling and dumping the dead body of a Covid-19 victim (senior citizen) who died on Monday has now gone viral on social media. The incident occurred on Tuesday.

The victim was settled in Siravara in Raichur district, although he originally hailed from Yadgir. On Sunday he was busy overseeing his daughter' wedding that was first postponed due to lockdown. According to a relative of the deceased, on Monday he complained of breathing problems following which an ambulance was called to carry him to Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS).
Raichur Deputy Commissioner (DC), R Venkatesh said he was brought dead to the hospital as he succumbed en-route. The family members were quarantined and the body was packed as per the protocols and sent to Yadgir as his family members informed that the victim is from the neighbouring district. "In Yadgir district he was swabbed and his test results came positive," DC informed.
As soon as residents of Honagera village learned about the arrival of the body, the family members were harassed asking them to not to bury the body in any of the fields in the village. Sridevi, a relative of the deceased talking to ToI said "the locals assembled near our house and threatened consequences if the body was brought here. Fearing backlash, we asked the district authorities to perform the last rites in the farmland owned by the victim. But it is now saddening to see the video where the body was inhumanely dragged and dumped."
In the video, it is seen two persons wearing PPE suits dragging the body using a wooden log inserted to both hands of a plastic body bag for nearly 300 meters. A few officials are also seen/heard in the video showing directions towards the pit and giving instructions. After pulling till the pit, the body was heartlessly dumped including a wooden log. Several villagers were also seen in the video. Despite several efforts to reach out to Yadgir DC Kurma Rao, he was unavailable for the statement.
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