Karnataka: MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan's team helps cremate bodies of COVID-19 victims
Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress legislator Zameer Ahmed Khan is leading a team of 20 volunteers to ensure Corona victims are cremated as per their religious conventions and attended by family members.
His move was taken after witnessing situations of death due to Corona where family members were denied a chance to pay respects to their deceased relative or the body was not handed over to the family. If nobody assists in conducting the last rites of a Corona victim – regardless of the religion – Khan's team volunteers to help out.
The body of a woman who had died of Corona infection in Chamarajpet – which is Khan's constituency – was kept at a private hospital. Her body, however, was not claimed by any of her relatives. Khan paid the treatment fees to the hospital and oversaw the cremation of the body as per the woman's religion.
The incident led to the formation of the team in the city. Khan said that his close aides Ayub, Farooq, Bala, Murthy and Amir were among the 20 people in the team. The cremation of more than 120 people has been conducted since the imposition of lockdown from March 28 till now, he added.
The team members have earned the appreciation of the people by assisting in conducting the last rites, themselves wearing PPE as per government guidelines and taking other precautionary steps doing so. That they follow the convention of each victim's religion has been further lauded.
Ration supply to 40k families
“The human race is said to go through such turmoil once every century. In our times, it is the Corona attack. We should, therefore, do our best to help one another out. There is no point in doing anything after the time has lapsed,” Khan reminded.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati, the legislator said that he prayed that nobody dies of Corona attack. “I pray that even my enemy should not be in a situation where the family members do not even get to bid a final farewell to a deceased person,” he added.
Further, he said that the poor people and daily wage earners had to go without work during lockdown. “I have, therefore, distributed the ration kits given by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to 40,000 families in my constituency. About 3,000 people were given 5 kg of vegetable packets each for about a month and a half. I also funded the provision of food and water for 14,000 people living in sealed down places,” he said.
Referring to the Ramdhan month, Khan said that he had distributed fruits among 5,000 people for Iftar daily. “I had also arranged for the Sehri and Iftar for people under quarantine, since our money should be used for the good of the people at the appropriate time,” the legislator stressed.
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Two held at Bengaluru airport with hydroponic ganja worth Rs 5.79 cr
Bengaluru (PTI): Two people were arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport here for attempting to smuggle hydroponic ganja valued at Rs 5.79 crore, upon their arrival from Bangkok on Wednesday, officials said
They seized 16.54 kg of hydroponic ganja, which was concealed in the checked-in baggage, the Bengaluru Customs said in a post on 'X'.
Both the accused were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, it said.
Meanwhile, the Customs officials at the Bengaluru Airport also disposed of 287.5 kg of Ganja (Hydroponic Weed) and 1.17 kg of Cocaine seized under the NDPS Act, 1985, in accordance with CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs) Disposal Manual on March 17, it said in another post.
