Boudh (SunstarTV Bureau): The district administration of Boudh took more than 12 hours to reach the family of a retired school teacher died on Saturday night after returning from Kumbh Mela in Haridwar on April 22, 2021.
The retired teacher was a resident of Ganjam district but he was staying in Dhalapur after retirement from active service.
Meanwhile, no neighbours or locals from his village dared to take the body for cremation suspecting him of dying in COVID19.
Though the local administration has been informed about his death more than 12 hours back, nobody cared to visit the spot and help in his cremation.
However, as the latest information the BDO and Tehsildar have reached the spot and the process of his cremation have been started after more than 12 hours of delay.
