Proving to be Good Samaritans, the Raipur police on Thursday helped in the funeral of an elderly person, who died in the Gudhiyari neighbourhood of the capital city.
Suresh Joshi, 85, passed away in the Gudhiyari and the Joshi couple had no children or relatives to carry out the funeral rituals.
The Raipur police, after coming to know about the wife’s predicament, stepped in to help along with a few local residents, carried out the last rights of the elderly man.
The wife of the deceased, lit her husband’s funeral pyre.