Two booked for extorting money from Covid victim’s kin for cremation

A complaint was lodged by Dr Hema Latha, Assistant Medical Health Officer (AMHO), GHMC, to investigate and take stringent action against culprits for illegal brokerage from relatives of Covid victims brought for cremation

Hyderabad: The Kachiguda police booked a case against two persons on charges of demanding and collecting huge money from the kin of Covid-19 victims to cremate their bodies at the Hindu Smashanavatika in Nimboliadda.

A complaint was lodged by Dr Hema Latha, Assistant Medical Health Officer (AMHO), GHMC, to investigate and take stringent action against culprits for illegal brokerage from relatives of Covid victims brought for cremation.

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“During the pandemic, several deaths are being reported. Taking advantage of the situation, some third party persons are illegally making money,” Hema Latha said in her complaint, adding that one such incident occurred on May 22, when the relatives of a woman who succumbed to Covid approached the graveyard authorities for cremation. During the process they contacted the suspects Naresh and Karthik.

“They demanded Rs 35,000 to conduct the cremation. On several requests and pleas, they accepted to cremate the body for Rs 30,000. This is only one case brought to my notice and several such cases might have also occurred,” she said.

Based on her complaint, the police booked a case and took up investigation.

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