Inhumane incident in Bengaluru outskirts

Bengaluru: After the recent incident in Bellary district which took place by the health department authorities regarding dumping Covid-19 victims' bodies in a trench, two more videos of such incidents came out from Yadgir and Davanagere areas on Thursday.

Health department officials in Davanagere were seen dragging the body for about 500 metres; whereas in Yadgir, officials carried a body in an earthmover.

The videos of the cruel behaviour of the authorities triggered public outrage across social media platforms. The deputy commissioners of both the districts were demanded to issue a show cause notice on the issue happened. The concerned authorities should submit their reply before July 3.

"I have issued a show-cause notice to five officers including Channagiri tahsildar. We will not tolerate any such disgrace and I had ordered all the officials to follow standard procedures while conducting final rites," said Davanagere District Commissioner Mahantesh Beelagi.

Locals of the districts captured the incident and uploaded them online which became viral within few hours.

In Yadgir district, the victim's family wanted to cremate the body in Honarega village, but the villagers did not allow fearing to Covid-19 spread. After the disagreement of the villagers, Health department officials decided to bury the body on the outskirts of the village where the inhuman incident was captured.