COVID-related fear is rampant among people of India. So much so that relatives of those who died because of COVID related complications sometimes do not come forward to claim the body or conduct their last rites.
In such a scenario, Delwara, Rajasthan police has served a prime example of humanity. When nobody came forward to claim the body or conduct the last rites of a man who died due to COVID, police personnel themselves donned PPE kits and transported the body to the cremation ground for last rites.
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