Official demands bribe for packing Covid victim’s body, dismissed
Coimbatore: City corporation commissioner P Kumaravel Pandian has dismissed a sanitary inspector, who was facing bribery charges, from the service.
In a press statement, the civic body said Tirupathi was recruited as a sanitary inspector recently on a contract basis for Covid-19-related works. He was assigned the duty of sending dead bodies of people who have succumbed to the virus to the crematorium after packing them in body bags.
“When C Venkatesh, a resident of Narasimanaickenpalayam, who was undergoing treatment for Covid in a private hospital on NSR Road in the city, succumbed to the virus on Sunday (May 16), Tirupathi allegedly demanded bribe from the family members of the deceased to pack the body and send that to the crematorium,” it said.
In a press statement, the civic body said Tirupathi was recruited as a sanitary inspector recently on a contract basis for Covid-19-related works. He was assigned the duty of sending dead bodies of people who have succumbed to the virus to the crematorium after packing them in body bags.
“When C Venkatesh, a resident of Narasimanaickenpalayam, who was undergoing treatment for Covid in a private hospital on NSR Road in the city, succumbed to the virus on Sunday (May 16), Tirupathi allegedly demanded bribe from the family members of the deceased to pack the body and send that to the crematorium,” it said.
Based on the family members’ complaint, the corporation commissioner sacked him on Tuesday. The city corporation has also lodged a complaint against him with the Thudiyalur police, who have registered a first information report.
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