After protests, body of COVID-19 patient cremated near National Highway in Karwar
Karwar: The body of a Corona victim was allegedly cremated on the roadside in an unscientific manner, after local residents opposed to cremation in town.
The victim, who was a native of Sirsi in the district, died at the Karwar Institute of Medical Science in the city on Monday. When the local residents complained to the officials, strongly opposing the cremation of a Corona victim at the Karwar crematorium, the officials in-charge of more than six crematoriums offered to let the family use their space late at night. Since they too had to face the people's opposition, the plan to conduct the last rites of the victim at a crematorium was dropped.
As a last resort, the officers concerned cremated the body near a quarry a little away from the national highway in Sankrubhaga in the taluk at around 3:15 am.
The body however, did not get cremated completely, and street dogs and crows were drawn to it, complained citizens. Also, a lorry-full of mud was poured over the body as the complaints intensified.
The officers have insisted that they have followed the government guidelines for cremation of a Corona victim.
The protests of the people have spread in the region, with citizens coming to the crematoriums of their respective villages even at midnight and creating nuisance in protest against the cremation of Corona victims.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
