“However, when we were informed by our friend, we immediately decided to help. We rushed to the cremation ghat to help our friend conduct the last rites of his mother,” Jaffer, who also contributes to a vernacular daily, added. He said Prince had brought the body of his mother all alone in an ambulance. “We helped him carry the body 200 metres to the ghat. We also assisted him with the rituals. We gave him some money to help him to perform the rituals,” Jaffer said. Meena Devi had been admitted to the Palamau Medical College and Hospital in Daltonganj for five days after testing positive for the coronavirus.