A number of locals protested against the burial of a coronavirus victim at a cemetery located near her house in Ahmedabad, fearing that the viral infection would spread, police said on Sunday, 29 March. Health officials and police had to take her mortal remains to another burial ground where, after some protest, she was finally laid to rest, they said. The 46-year-old COVID-19 patient died at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
Despite the authorities assuring the locals of there being no threat of the spread of infection from the body, they continued protesting and did not allow the burial there.
The body was then taken to a graveyard in Danilimda locality, where also the police and health officials faced opposition from locals, police inspector Vikrant Vasava said.
The police had to make strict security arrangements to ensure the crowd remained away from the graveyard where the deceased was finally laid to rest, he added.
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