Hyderabad, April 29 -- Two Muslim workers of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation have been performing the last rites of Hindu coronavirus(COVID-19) victims whose kin have refused to cremate the bodies due to fear of getting infected with the virus.

Danish Siddiqui and Saddam Qureshi, the two workers of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation's fire wing, have been carrying out this noble work while fasting during the holy month of Ramzan.They claimed that they get calls from families of COVID-19 victims who say that they can't perform last rites and need them to do the rituals. Some people see the last sight of the passed away person on a video call, said one of them.

Danish and Saddam said that they have so far cremated over 60 victims. Both of ...