Bihar: Video of a child trying to wake up his dead mother goes viral

PATNA: A video of a toddler trying to wake up his dead mother lying on a railway platform has gone viral on social media. The child can be seen removing a shawl covering his mother’s body while another child, a little older than him, stands nearby.
According to officials, the incident took place on Monday at Muzaffarpur railway station. The woman was returning from Surat and was supposed to get down at Katihar. “The train reached Muzaffarpur at 3.30pm and her dead body was taken out here by relatives accompanying her.”
While some reports said the woman died of thirst and hunger on the train, the railways said she was ill. CPRO Rajesh Kumar said, “This woman was mentally unstable and was not keeping well. Government railway police arranged for the transportation of the body to Madhubani, her final destination.”
On the same day, a four-year-old child too died at Muzaffarpur railway station. An official said this child had returned from Delhi. “He died of heat and exhaustion,” a district official said.
Leader of opposition in the state assembly, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav lashed out at the railway ministry and the state government over this incident. He said his party will bear all expenses of the education of both the kids. “We will provide monetary help of Rs five lakh and we will also help any relative who keeps both the children get a private job.”
He alleged that Shramik specials bringing migrants were neither providing food and water, nor any social distancing norm was being followed. “Majority of migrants have died of hunger and accident while on their way to their homes, and not of coronavirus,” said Tejashwi.
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