I won't give you money, or I'll implicate you in a murder case: After his wife died in a fire in Ludhiana, the staff of the civil hospital made her husband the victim.

In Ludhiana's Civil Hospital, people come seeking treatment and hoping to save the lives of their loved ones. However, outside the emergency room, there is a practice of bargaining over dead bodies. A fourth-class employee here has been accused of extorting 5000 rupees from a poor and helpless husband in exchange for handing over his deceased wife's body after intimidating him. This incident exposes the corruption prevalent within the health department's system and government hospitals. The SMO received a complaint...