: Covid-19: Forced to alight from truck, 24-year-old migrant dies in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh #IndiaNEWS A 24-year-old migrant worker died in Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday after being

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Covid-19: Forced to alight from truck, 24-year-old migrant dies in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh #IndiaNEWS
A 24-year-old migrant worker died in Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday after being dumped out of a truck carrying migrants from Gujarat to Uttar Pradesh, PTI reported on Sunday. A photograph of the worker’s friend cradling him in his lap went viral on social media.Early on May 14, Amrit Kumar and his friend, Mohammad Saiyub, 22, paid Rs 4,000 each to get on a truck carrying 60 others from Surat in Gujarat to Basti district in Uttar Pradesh. Around 2 pm on Friday, Kumar developed severe breathing problems and his condition deteriorated rapidly, spreading panic among the other passengers, who feared he had coronavirus.Following this, the passengers forced Kumar to alight from the truck, Dainik Bhaskar reported. Saiyub alighted with his friend, not wanting to leave him behind. Kumar was rushed to the Shivpuri District Hospital, where he died around 11 pm on Friday.Kumar and Saiyub worked in a weaving unit in Surat. However, they lost their jobs due to the nationwide lockdown and decided to return to Uttar Pradesh. After Kumar was taken to hospital, both he and Saiyub were tested for Covid-19. Saiyub has now been quarantined in the isolation ward of the hospital.Saiyub told...Read more

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