INDIA: SHOCKING VIDEO SHOWS COVID PATIENT’S BODY BEING THROWN IN RIVER IN UP (VIDEO)

Mon 31 May 2021:

A shocking video of a body of Covid patient being thrown in a river has surfaced from India’s Uttar Pradesh, where thousands of bodies buried in shallow graves by the Ganga and some dumped in the river made headlines around the world a couple of weeks ago.

The Indian government has ordered several northern states to ensure that dead bodies are not disposed of in rivers. In a letter, the Indian government had also asked states to increase patrol along riverbanks to stop the practice, which appears to be proliferating due to poverty and lack of awareness.

The incident was shot by a couple of people who were driving by the spot in Balrampur district on May 28.

On camera, two men, one of them in a PPE suit, are seen lifting a body on the bridge over river Rapti. The man in the PPE suit can be seen tinkering with the body — probably trying to get it out of the body bag.

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The Chief Medical Officer of Balrampur later confirmed that the body was indeed of a Covid patient, and the relatives were trying to dump it in the river. Two of the relatives have been arrested.

Earlier this month, hundreds of bodies had washed up on the banks of river Ganga in parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In Buxar district, 71 bodies were retrieved from the riverbank.

Thousands of other bodies have been found buried in the sandbanks of Ganga, which local authorities said, could have floated up during the high tide.

Cellphone videos were also circulated on social media that showed bodies being thrown into the river from ambulances stopping at a bridge near Bihar border in Saran district. Locals said the ambulances belonged to both states.

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