DEHRADUN: In a tragic incident, a woman was forced to spend a night at a crematorium with her husband’s dead body after she was allegedly stopped from performing pre-cremation rituals at home.

The incident took place at Salempur Uttarakhand's Roorkee. According to sources, Mahender Singh, a labourer, died of a heart attack on Wednesday. After his death, the landlord refused to take the body back to the rented house for final rituals. Following this, the body was taken to a crematorium by Mahender's wife. However, the woman was forced to wait at the crematorium for some relatives till Thursday morning.
It is learnt that the landlord refused to take the body back by giving COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse.