Overview
- A widely shared video showed workers loading the unclaimed body into a municipal garbage trolley at Phagwara Civil Hospital.
- Officials said the body was found at the railway station before being brought to the hospital and remained unclaimed.
- The municipal driver said using the garbage vehicle for such transfers was routine due to a lack of facilities.
- Phagwara Municipal Corporation Mayor Rampal Uppal said he was unaware of the practice and promised strict action along with an inquiry to fix responsibility.
- SDM Jashanjit Singh requested a report from the civil surgeon and stated that bodies should not be transported in garbage collection vehicles.