Telangana: Man walks three kilometres carrying wife’s body

HYDERABAD: Carrying his wife’s body on his shoulders, a man in Kamareddy town walked three-and-a-half kilometres to the burial ground to perform her last rites on Sunday night. Despite the pleas of Swamy, no one came forward to help him shift the body as they were worried she had contracted Covid-19.
Auto drivers shunned the couple even as the body of Swamy’s wife Nagalaxmi lay on the road on Sunday evening. The woman was not feeling well and died on the premises of the railway station. With the fear of Covid-19 playing on everyone’s mind, Swamy could not convince anyone to help him transport his wife’s body to the burial ground. The couple are beggars.
With his pleas falling on the deaf ears passers-by, Swamy carried his wife’s body on his shoulders and started his walk towards the burial ground in Indiranagar. While walking on the road, Swamy continued to beg people to help him transport the body. Some gave him money.
Local railway police, who were moved by Swamy’s plight, pooled some money and handed over Rs 2,500 to Swamy to meet the expenditure for the last rites. After reaching the burial ground, some persons helped him in digging a grave to bury the woman. Swamy himself is said to be not in good health. At many places, he had to stop to take rest with the weight of his wife’s body on his shoulders before proceeding to the burial ground.