Jun 18, 2025 07:16 AM IST
NAVI MUMBAI: A civic morgue worker was allegedly caught on camera accepting a ₹2000 bribe to wrap a deceased person with cloth
NAVI MUMBAI: A civic morgue worker was allegedly caught on camera accepting a ₹2000 bribe to wrap a deceased person with cloth. The video went viral and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has ordered him to be sacked.
The incident took place at the NMMC morgue at a civic hospital in Vashi. Following the suicide of a 23-year-old woman, the hospital worker was caught on camera accepting a bribe from the woman’s relative and saying he would in return wrap the girl properly in white cloth.
The video went viral as it revealed the corruption at the morgue. A civic official said, “We received complaints about workers taking bribes to wrap the deceased. Immediate action has been taken by the civic Health Department.”
According to the civic official the hospital had appointed a third party to send them workers for mechanical cleaning and other tasks. He said, “The person seen in the video had been provided by them.” He added that the company had been alerted.
Meanwhile Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party workers went to the civic hospital and presented a white cloth to a hospital official in protest.