A group of eight cousins started gathering information on ambulances on Twitter, Instagram and Google and were frantically dialing numbers. Then we tried private ambulances operators, but they said they need confirmation on the exact drop location. Ambulance asks for ₹1L“While making calls, one of the private ambulance companies asked for ₹1 lakh to transport the body from Ashok Vihar to Punjabi Bagh. The hospital gave us a number of an ambulance driver, who asked for ₹20,000 to keep the body all night. Eventually, the hospital agreed to keep the body for the night and charged ₹7,000 to transport the body from the hospital to cremation ground.

Source: The Hindu May 04, 2021 19:36 UTC