Two heart-wrenching photos of an elderly man carrying hiswife’s body on the cycle have gone viral on social media. The photos shared the distressing incident in which a 70 years old man was forced to carry his covidpositive wife’s dead body on a bicycle after the villagers refused to performcremation fearing Covid spread.
In one of the viral photos, the elderly man was seencarrying the body of his deceased wife on a cycle, and in the other one bicyclewas fallen and the body was sprawled across it.
The incident occurred in a rural area of UttarPradesh. The 70-year-old man identifiedas Tilakdahri is a resident of Amberpur village in Jaunpur. His wife had diedof Covid19 at a government hospital and her body was sent back in anambulance.
The villagers did not allow the funeral of the womenfearing covid spread in the area, after which the man decided to carry his wifeon the bicycle and consign his wife’s body to the nearby Sai River.
He rode around the places for hours and no one helpedhim. Later he lost control over the bicycle and fall along with the body. Whilesitting hopelessly by the road he was spotted by a policeman, who informed hisseniors about the situation. Later police came and arranged the funeral for thedeceased lady with the help of a Muslim man.
Till now the state has logged 1,153,097 Covid19 cases and11,678 deaths. Meanwhile, India has reported 3.79 lakh new cases in the last 24hours with 3,645 fatalities.