Covid-19: Grieving daughter jumps on father's pyre during cremation

In a tragic incident, a 34-year-old woman sustained severe burns in Rajasthan after she jumped on the funeral pyre of her father during his cremation. Her father had died after contracting Covid-19, police said on Wednesday.

73-yr-old Damodardas Sharda died at a hospital in Barmer district on Tuesday due to Covid-19, they said.

While Sharda was being cremated, the youngest of his three daughters, Chandra Sharda, suddenly jumped on the pyre, the police told news agency Press Trust of India. Officials added that although she was pulled out of it by people around, she sustained around 70 per cent burn injuries and is being treated at a hospital in Jaipur.