Overview
- A 32-year-old contractual worker was caught on camera demanding a ₹2,000 bribe from the family of a 27-year-old Kanpur woman to wrap her body after a June 16 post-mortem.
- The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation directed the contractor to terminate the morgue worker on June 17 following widespread circulation of the video.
- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists staged a protest at the Vashi hospital, garlanding superintendent Dr. Rajesh Mhatre with cloth and demanding an apology to the grieving family.
- The hospital’s reliance on a third-party contractor for mechanical cleaning and mortuary tasks has raised questions about oversight and staff accountability.
- Activists and officials have called for transparent, standardized guidelines for handling deceased bodies in civic hospitals to prevent future abuses.