A Muslim man namely Mohammad Umar along with other persons performed the last rites of an elderly man who succumbed due to the deadly coronavirus at a hospital in Bihar’s Darbhanga town. They took the step after the deceased’s son Abhishek Mishra refused to take his body.
Umar said that after his son refused to perform his duty, we came out to perform the last rites of the deceased. With the help of some Hindu persons, we performed his last rites as per Hindu traditions, he added.
Umar and others who participated in the last rites have gone into home quarantine until their test reports arrive.
Similarly, two Muslim men known as Mukhtar and Babloo performed the last rites of six bodies at a Hindu crematorium in the Malegaon area of Maharashtra.