Displaying a humane face, the Delhi Police helped citizens to perform the last rites of their family members who died in the national Capital.
Police said that the Lieutenant Colonel Soumen Mondal called at the office of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Dwarka district for urgent help regarding cremation of his father-in-law who was Covid-19 positive and no one was willing to help for cremation. Even the crematorium was not available.
“As he is posted in Leh and cannot come to the national capital in such short span of time, we, with the help of constable Rajesh of Dwarka North police station, arranged all the required things and the cremation of deceased Biswanath Pramanik was performed,” said a senior police official.
Similarly, Dwarka South police station was informed that one Jai Matnani who was COVID positive has passed away.
Police rushed to Sector-7, Dwarka. During enquiry, it came to know that the woman had come to Dwarka at her brother’s house and later during treatment, she passed away.
“As there was nobody to take responsibility of cremation of the deceased, Dwarka police team took responsibility. The body was shifted to cremation ground, Sector 24, Dwarka and cremation was conducted as per Hindu rites,” said the senior police official.
In the north district on Sunday around 2.15 pm, police got a distress call about the death of an elderly woman.
It was informed that there were only women in the family except grandson of the deceased and no neighbour was coming forward to help the family in the last ritual of the deceased and need police help, police said.
Police reached the spot and found that one Balbir Kaur (85) had expired who was bedridden since long. The police team did the necessary arrangements for the last ritual and took the body to Adarsh Nagar cremation centre and conducted the rituals, officials said