Uttar Pradesh: Girl walking back home from Greater Noida dies in Bulandshahr

MEERUT: An 18-year-old old girl who had set off from Greater Noida on foot along with her family for her native place in Hardoi district died in a quarantine centre in Bulandshahr on May 11. According to officials, the family of four – couple and their two daughters – was intercepted at Bulandshahr border and was taken to a quarantine centre in district on Monday morning. The victim, identified as Aarti Singh, had been suffering from tuberculosis for the past several years, officials said.
According to the sources, Phool Singh, Aarti’s father, used to work as a driver and had lost his job due to the lockdown, following which, the family decided to walk to their village in Hardoi, more than 400km away near the state capital.
“The family had started on foot late on Sunday and reached the Sikandrabad area on the Noida-Bulandshahr border early on Monday. The family was screened and found asymptomatic. As a procedure, they were sent to a quarantine centre at a private facility in Kakod area,” Bulandshahr SSP Santosh Kumar said.
Late on Monday, the condition of one of the daughters of the couple deteriorated. She started vomiting blood and suddenly collapsed at the quarantine centre. “She was rushed to a local hospital but could not be saved,” another official said.
According to the officials, the deceased had been suffering from tuberculosis for the past several years and was on medication. The family had not disclosed the medical history of the girl to avoid official scrutiny and detailed medical examination, they said.
No postmortem was conducted as the local administration claimed it to be natural death and the deceased showed no symptoms of Covid-19.
The girl’s body was handed over to the family members, who later left for their native village, Gajdharpur in Hardoi, in an ambulance arranged by the local administration.
“The family wanted to cremate their daughter at their native place and requested for an ambulance to ferry the body. As a precaution, samples of the deceased and her family have been taken,” the SSP said.