Thevideo of a devastated father carrying the dead body of his 11-year-old daughteron his shoulders and walking along the road in Ram Nagar locality of Jalandhar,has triggered wide outrage amongst the netizens.
Thedeceased has been identified as Sonu, and the helpless father in the video isDilip. In the video, he was seen walking towards the crematorium carrying thelittle girl's body on his shoulder, while the other boy (his son) walkingbehind him kept on covering the corpse with a white sheet in which she waswrapped.
Talkingto media persons in Jalandhar, Dilip said that his daughter was ill for thepast nearly two months and was suffering with indigestion related symptoms. Hesaid on the recommendation of one of his friends, he took her to Amritsar fortreatment where the doctors informed him that her reports were covid19 positiveand she succumbed to the deadly virus.
Dilipalso informed that the video which has now gone viral dates back on Monday,when he was returning with the body and going towards the cremation ground withhis son to perform her last rites.
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Hefurther added that he took Rs 1,000 financial help from someone in his area,bought the wood and performed her last rites.
Meanwhile,taking cognizance of the viral video, Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar GhanshyamThori ordered a probe into the whole incident which found that the minor wasnot succumbed to Covid-19, therefore, no covid protocols were followed.
Divulgingthe details, the DC said that as per inquiry report conducted by the SubDivisional Magistrate, the cause of death was not Covid-19 as she was testednegative for CoronaVirus, therefore, no covid protocols were followed otherwisecremation would have taken place in the presence of health staff.
Headded that the girl was admitted in Jalandhar Civil Hospital from where she wasreferred to Amritsar Medical College. An ambulance carried the patient toAmritsar, where she remained admitted in the surgical ward. After the death anambulance again dropped the dead body back in Jalandhar at their house.