Youths perform last rites against all odds Updated: Updated: A handful of young men perform funerals of COVID patients even during lockdown Share Article A handful of young men perform funerals of COVID patients even during lockdown A few days after the pandemic hit the State, a handful of young men, wearing yellow T-shirts, took the initiative to perform the last rites of COVID patients whose families had reservations in either burying or cremating them. And when the second wave hit the State, these people have been negotiating their way around a strict lockdown and security personnel, to ensure that the deceased get a decent, final farewell.
The Youth Welfare Telangana, led by Syed Jalaluddin Zafar, has cremated over 1600 people since the pandemic began. Out of all the deceased they have put to rest, more than 200 are Hindus, while two were Sikhs and 15 were Christians.