Hyderabad: A beggar from Telangana was forced to carry his wife’s body on a pushcart for 60 kilometres after he could not arrange money for an ambulance.
According to a report in NDTV, the beggar Ramulu, who was carrying the body to his native village near Hyderabad, left from Hyderabad on Friday morning but lost his way in the night. He reached Vikarabad on Saturday afternoon after walking for about 60 km.
When he was noticed, locals in Vikarabad immediately alerted the police. They later pooled in money and also called an ambulance to take the body to his native village in Sangareddy in Medak district, said the report.
Ramulu decided to conduct his wife’s last rites in his native village, but local private carriers asked him for Rs 5,000 to do so. As he did not have any money with him to hire any vehicle, Ramulu put Kavitha's body on a pushcart and walked all along till Vikarabad
The beggar and his wife were both suffering from leprosy, said the report. Because of their illness, no relatives attended the funeral.
