Denied Ambulance, UP Man Carries Son's Body On Shoulders For 2 km In Rain

The man's son got an electric shock after which he was taken to a government hospital where he died during treatment on Sunday.

A man in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj carried his 15-year-old son's body on his shoulders for more than two kilometres in the rain after he could not get an ambulance from the hospital where he died. 

A video of one Bajrangi Yadav carrying his son's body on his shoulders in MG road area surfaced on social media earlier in the week.

Mr Yadav said that Shubham, his son, got an electric shock after which he was taken to a government hospital where he died during treatment on Sunday.

He said that when he contacted the hospital staff for an ambulance, they asked for a sum, which he could not provide.