Policeman performs last rites of victim who was away from kin
The Hindu
Family expressed inability to come to Delhi to receive body
A Delhi police assistant sub-inspector performed the last rites of a person who died of COVID-19 as his family couldn’t come from West Bengal, the police said on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East) R.P. Meena said that on April 19, a PCR call was received at Govindpuri police station that a person had passed away in a rented house in Tuglakabad Extension. The police rushed to the spot and found that tenant Snehanshu Biswas (52), hailing from West Bengal and a lawyer by profession, died in his room, which was bolted from inside.
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