Karnataka: Amidst protest, funeral of COVID-19 victim held in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: The funeral of a 75-year-old woman, who died of COVID-19, was held amid opposition from local people in Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, police said on Friday.
The final rites of the woman from Kasba village were held at the Hindu Rudrabhoomi at Kaikunje near Bantwal town, about 30 kms from here, on Thursday night under strict police protection, even as local people who feared risk to their health raised protests, they said.
The funeral was held as per the protocol for COVID-19 deaths, police said.
The authorities had earlier decided to hold the cremation at Pachanady, but changed their plans after stiff opposition from the local residents there.
Local MLA Bharath Y Shetty denied reports that he had objected to the cremation at Pachanady. There will not be any danger to the local people if COVID-19 victims are cremated in their places, he said in a post on social media.
Such protests due to misconception about spread of coronavirus had been witnessed in some other parts of the country, including in Chennai, and the governments have warned of action against those opposing cremation or burial of COVID-19 patients.
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Two girls die of suffocation after getting locked inside car in Telangana
Hyderabad, Apr 15 (PTI): Two girls, aged four and five respectively, died of "suffocation" after accidentally getting locked inside a car in neighbouring Ranga Reddy district on Monday, police said.
The incident happened in Damargidda village at around 2 PM when the girls, both cousins, while playing, got into the car parked near their relative's house, they said.
Neither their parents nor their other family members were aware that the children had got locked inside the car, police said, based on preliminary information.
It was after about 30-45 minutes, they found the girls unconscious in the car and immediately shifted them to a government hospital where they were declared brought dead, a police official at Chevella police station said.
The children, along with their parents, had come to their relative's house in Damargidda to attend a marriage alliance ceremony.
Police after learning about the incident rushed to the hospital but the parents had taken away the bodies to their respective native villages, the official said. No complaint was lodged so far in connection with the incident, police said.
