Two young men from Bhopal, Danish Siddiqui and Saddam Qurashi have been performing the last rites of Hindu Covid victims at cremation grounds in Bhopal since the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic.
According to a report by Times of India, the duo have been offering a helping hand while fasting in this holy month of Ramadan.
They have cremated 60 Covid victims whose families missed the funerals in the fear of getting infected.
Saddam Qurashi & Danish Siddiqui from Bhopal have cremated nearly 60 bodies of #Hindus who died of #Covid.
When kin refused to touch bodies, duo cremate it. "Dharm se uper insaniyay aur desh hai," they said.@vinodkapri @zoo_bear @digvijaya_28 @abhisar_sharma @sharmasupriya pic.twitter.com/bJ5UrhFv4f
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Some families could not attend the final rites of their deceased due to the strict covid rules around dead bodies and cremation grounds.
Despite fasting during the time of Ramadan, both of them regularly visit hospitals and ferry dead bodies to the cremation ground.