Chennai: Madras High Court today issued a stay order on the reburial of the body of doctor Simon, who passsed away last year due to corona.
The court accepted Greater Chennai Corporation’s argument that with the increasing number of Covid-19 cases, it is not possible to do the reburial now.
It may be noted that on 31 March the Madras High Court ordered the State government to exhume the body of doctor Simon from the Velangadu cemetry and bury it at Kilpauk cemetry.
The directive was issued based on the request made by the Simonās wife Anandi. Simon passed away last year after being affected by Covid. The 55-year-old neurosurgeon was the managing director of a hospital in Chennai.
The court also said that proper coronavirus precautions should be taken during the process and added that police protection should be given during the exhuming and burial. The court also said that the process should be videographed.
It may be recollected that as family members and officials tried to bury his body last year, protests erupted, and it was said that people living close to crematorium feared of the spread of coronavirus. Finally, after police intervention and arrests of agitators, his mortal remains were laid to rest.