Gujarat: Protests by residents hold up cremation of patient in Bharuch
(WorldNews India)

Residents staying near two crematoriums in Bharuch district prevented the district authorities from cremating the body of a 60-year-old retired police constable, who died of Covid-19, on Friday, and the body had to finally be cremated on banks of the Narmada River on a wooden pyre, on Saturday. Residents of colonies located around two crematoriums in Ankleshwar and Bharuch towns held aggressive protests on Friday and Saturday, holding up the cremation for over 24 hours — this was the district’s second case requiring a cremation, the earlier ones having been burial rites. For around 24 hours, officials of the district administration tried to convince protesting residents in...