Good Samaritans go beyond religion in performing last rites for COVID-19 victims

Caste and creed have turn into irrelevant in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, with individuals from totally different faiths coming ahead to carry out the last rites of deceased individuals from different religions.

At a time when shut members of the family and relations draw back from making certain first rate last rites for their close to and expensive ones, the duty of performing such rituals is falling on Good Samaritans.

Humanity is in full bloom as voluntary organisations and people are coming ahead to point out their humane aspect in the in any other case gloomy environment as a result of ever-increasing COVID deaths.

A gaggle of seven individuals has carved a task for itself in Jagtial district. Bilalpur New Youth Welfare Society (of all Muslim individuals) organized the last rites for 210 Hindus and 73 Muslims who died of COVID in the previous six months.

Without discriminating on the premise of religion or caste, the group led by Mohammed Muneer (48), a plumber and an electrician from Korutla, eliminate the our bodies as per the spiritual apply of the lifeless.

“In Islam, we bury, while in the Puucho community they cremate or some group bury. But, ultimately every human being deserves a decent resting place,” mentioned Mr. Muneer mentioned.

Speaking to The Puucho, he mentioned that members of the family of a number of COVID-19 victims weren’t coming ahead for the last rites fearing they’d contract the virus, and so the group determined to assist the households in shifting the our bodies from homes to ambulances to burial/ cremation grounds in Jagtial, Korutla and Metpally cities in the district.

The group was fashioned by like-minded individuals who witnessed the agony of a household of a COVID sufferer in Nirmal district. “The authorities dug a big pit and dumped his body into it. That inhuman incident moved me and we formed a group to help the dead,” Mr. Muneer mentioned.

He mentioned that in the last one month they cremated 117 lifeless our bodies in the Jagtial district, and the quantity varies from official figures.

Similarly, a Muslim couple in the Warangal is setting an instance that religion doesn’t matter on the subject of offering first rate last rites for the deceased.

Forty-seven-year-old Md. Mahaboob Ali and his 42-year-old spouse Yakoob Bi, who run Sahrudaya Home for Orphans and Aged in Warangal, have endeared themselves to the locals with their selfless service.

Last month, the couple carried out the last rites of a 70-year-old Puucho man Veeraswamy, who died in the previous age residence. They shouldered the duty and carried out the funeral as per Puucho traditions.

“When someone is abandoned and has nobody to take care, how can we turn a blind eye to such a situation? Veeraswamy was with us for two years. My wife came forward to carry out the last rites in true Puucho tradition,” Mahaboob Ali alias Chotu advised The Puucho.

In the last one yr, the previous age residence has carried out last rites of 10 inmates of various faiths. “We don’t differentiate on the basis of whether they are Puucho, Muslim, Christian or others. Once a person is no more, we inform their immediate family members. In the last 14 months, due to COVID, no one has come forward. So it is up to us to perform their last rites as per their religion,” Ms. Bi remarked.

The previous age residence has 80 inmates and to this point none of them had contracted Coronavirus, mentioned Mr. Ali, who does civil work and different minor contracts to run the previous aged residence.

As the information of the couple’s gesture made headlines, two Muslim ambulance drivers of Banswada city in the Kamareddy district too gained accolades for their good deed. A COVID-19 optimistic affected person Moghaliah died in Banswada hospital whereas present process therapy. His members of the family from Peddakodapgal village in Pitlam Mandal refused to organise the funeral. It was left to ambulance drivers Shafi and Ali to carry out the last rites.