India, Nov. 20 -- The Punjab State Human Rights Commission on Thursday took cognisance of the shocking incident in which an unclaimed body was ferried from the civil hospital in Phagwara to the cremation ground in a municipal corporation garbage collection vehicle.

After the video of the incident was shared on social media and covered in these columns, PSHRC chairperson justice Sant Parkash and member justice Gurbir Singh called for a report from Kapurthala senior superintendent of police Gaurav Toora and Phagwara MC commissioner Akshita Gupta a week before the next date of hearing on January 27, 2026.

The PSHRC said the lack of concern for human dignity was evident as the garbage vehicle driver said transporting unclaimed bodies in suc...