India, Sept. 2 -- A family in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district carried the body of a 60-year-old woman on a cot for nearly 2.5 km as they did not get a hearse from a government hospital.

The woman, identified as Ichhabai Patel, died on Monday while undergoing treatment at the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Amlipadar under Mainpur development block. Her relative, Dipchand Patel, told reporters that when the family requested a hearse to take the body home, hospital staff refused.

"Private vehicle owners demanded a hefty amount, which we could not afford. We had no other option and carried the body on a cot to our village Nayapara, around 2.5 km away," he said.

A video of the incident, shared widely on social media, shows four men walk...