Man Carries Daughter’s Body On Shoulders For 10 km To Reach Home in Chhattisgarh; Probe Ordered. WATCH

A man was seen carrying the body of his 7-year-old daughter on his shoulders in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district. According to officials, the girl died on Friday morning at the Community Health Centre and her father took the body away before a hearse arrived.

Ambikapur: A man was seen carrying the body of his seven-year-old daughter on his shoulders in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district on Friday. The video soon went viral,  which prompted health minister T S Singh Deo to order a probe regarding the incident. According to officials, the girl died on Friday morning at the Community Health Centre at Lakhanpur village in the district, and her father took the body away before a hearse (car used for carrying dead bodies) arrived.

Ishwar Das, a native of Amdala village, had brought his ailing daughter Surekha to Lakhanpur CHC early in the morning. The girl’s oxygen level was very low, around 60. According to her parents, she was suffering from a high fever for the last few days. According to Dr Vinod Bhargav, Rural Medical Assistant (RMA) posted at the health centre, all necessary treatment was initiated but her condition deteriorated and she passed away.  “We told the family members that a hearse will arrive soon. It came around 9:20 am, but by then they had left with the body,” he told news agency PTI.

In the video, the man can be seen carrying the body on his shoulders. He covered a distance of around 10 km on foot to reach home in Amdala.

Surguja: Chhattisgarh Health Min TS Singh Deo orders probe after video of a man carrying body of his daughter on his shoulders went viral

Concerned health official from Lakhanpur should have made the father understand to wait for hearse instead of letting him go, Deo said(25.3) pic.twitter.com/aN5li1PsCm

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After the video went viral on social media, Health Minister Singh Deo, who was in Ambikapur — the district’s headquarters — on Friday, asked the district’s Chief Medical and Health Officer to probe the matter and take necessary action.

“I saw the video. It was disturbing. I have told the CMHO to take appropriate action after getting the matter probed. I have told him that those who are posted there but are not able to discharge their duties should be removed,” the minister told reporters.

Singh Deo represents Ambikapur assembly constituency in the state Assembly.

The health personnel who were on duty should have persuaded the family to wait for the vehicle. They should have ensured such things did not happen,” the minister added.