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Son carries his father’s dead body on a bicycle as no help was forthcoming

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Belagavi: In a heart wrenching incident, a youth was forced to carry his father’s dead body on a bicycle as no help was forthcoming. He had died of a fever and locals refused to come forward to help out fearing infection of COVID19. The  incident took place in Gandhi Nagar of MK Hubballi of Belagavi district. Private ambulance service providers also didn’t come to the spot citing Covid 19.

According to the youth, whose name has been withheld, his father was suffering from fever and cough for two days. “Doctors advised him to opt for Covid 19 test. However, the family brought him back to their house without any tests. He died on Sunday morning. As he was suffering from fever and cough, locals didn’t turn up for the final rites. Even private ambulance operators didn’t respond. So, son carried the body in his bicycle with the help of friend,’ explained locals.

As the news spread, local panchayat member Putta Pattana Shetty arranged a vehicle to carry the dead body.

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