Covid-19: Son asked to pay Rs 5,000 in Odisha to see dead mother for last time

A staff member working at a crematorium in Odisha's Keonjhar district allegedly demanded Rs 5,000 for showing the face of a woman, who had died of Covid-19, to her son at a time of her cremation.

A staff member at a crematorium in Odisha asked a man to pay Rs 5,000 to see the face of his mother for the last time. The woman had died of Covid-19. The incident occurred in the Keonjhar district of Odisha. This comes at a time when cremation grounds are full due to deaths from the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The incident captured in a video has now gone viral. The staff member could be heard demanding Rs 5,000 to show the woman's face to her son.