The video of a devastated father carrying the dead body of his 11-year-old daughter on his shoulders and walking along the road in Ram Nagar locality of Jalandhar, has triggered wide outrage amongst the netizens.
The deceased has been identified as Sonu, and the helpless father in the video is Dilip. In the video, he was seen walking towards the crematorium carrying the little girl's body on his shoulder, while the other boy (his son) walking behind him kept on covering the corpse with a white sheet in which she was wrapped.
Talking to media persons in Jalandhar, Dilip said that his daughter was ill for the past nearly two months and was suffering with indigestion related symptoms. He said on the recommendation of one of his friends, he took her to Amritsar for treatment where the doctors informed him that her reports were covid19 positive and she succumbed to the deadly virus.
Dilip also informed that the video which has now gone viral dates back on Monday, when he was returning with the body and going towards the cremation ground with his son to perform her last rites.
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When
questioned why he didn’t seek help from the authorities or whether he was aware
of covid protocols, Dilip said that he is an illiterate, poor man, who hardly
knew anything related to covid protocol. He said that soon after the hospital
staff handed him the body, he returned to Jalandhar and the reason why no one
from his neighbours or locality offered any help was because his daughter was
covid19 positive.
He further added that he took Rs 1,000 financial help from someone in his area, bought the wood and performed her last rites.
Meanwhile, taking cognizance of the viral video, Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Ghanshyam Thori ordered a probe into the whole incident which found that the minor was not succumbed to Covid-19, therefore, no covid protocols were followed.
Divulging the details, the DC said that as per inquiry report conducted by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, the cause of death was not Covid-19 as she was tested negative for CoronaVirus, therefore, no covid protocols were followed otherwise cremation would have taken place in the presence of health staff.
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He added that the girl was admitted in Jalandhar Civil Hospital from where she was referred to Amritsar Medical College. An ambulance carried the patient to Amritsar, where she remained admitted in the surgical ward. After the death an ambulance again dropped the dead body back in Jalandhar at their house.