Man carries father's body on trolley in Bhadrak

Being rebuffed by police and 108 ambulance a son had to carry the body of his dead father on a cycle-trolley to a hospital at Nathasahi village in Utarbahini under Purunabazar police station of Bhadrak district today.

The deceased identified as Bhajahari Nath had consumed poision for some reason and had died two kilometres away from his home. Police had reached the spot and instructed Bhajahari's son Laxmidhar to take the body to hospital.

As per Laxmidhar's statement he did not have any money to arrange a means of transport so he called for 108 ambulance, but as the ambulance did not turn up he had to take his father's body on a cycle-trolley to the hospital. On the other hand authorities are silent on the incident.