Residents lock cremation ground, prevent COVID-19 victim's last rites

In an untoward incident that took place in Punjab's *Ludhiana*, residents of Salem Tabri locked the gates of the cremation ground in order to prevent the last rites of a COVID-19 patient. Citing fear of contracting the infection, the residents denied a dignified farewell to a 70-year-old man, who died of coronavirus.

According...