Petition seeks stay on burial of Mumbai victims

New Delhi, May 2

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Fearing spread of Covid, a man from Mumbai has moved the Supreme Court seeking stay on burial at three cemeteries in densely populated Bandra West area of the metropolis.

Petitioner Pradeep Gandhy has challenged a Bombay High Court order dated April 27 dismissing his plea against the permission given by BMC for the use of Bandra West cemeteries to bury the bodies of Covid victims. Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind — a prominent Islamic body in India — has contended that burial is an integral part of Islam. It has urged the SC to give it a hearing in the matter. The HC had directed the BMC to remove three locks put up by local residents on April 13 at the gates of the cemetery. — TNS