A friend dies in his lap

Dying migrant forced out of truck,  friend sticks with him till last breath

BHOPAL, May 17, 2020 --- On a dusty, sun-baked highway in MP's Shivpuri, a migrant worker sat cradling a friend in his lap on Saturday afternoon, calling out to passersby for help. No one stopped.

A local resident took a picture of the moving scene, but by the time it went viral, the friend was dead.

"Eternal love story of true friendship - heart breaking incident during lock down period made me to cry ..."
expressed Robin Hibu, IPS.

Heartbroken, Yakub Mohammad is now waiting to receive his friend Amrit Kumar's body - and their Covid-19 reports - at Shivpuri District Hospital. Even the virus couldn't get between their dosti.

Yakub was the only one in a truckload of migrants to stay with Amrit till he died, disregarding the risk of infection if Amrit had Covid-19.

Yakub and Amrit worked in Surat and decided to return to their native places in UP after losing their jobs in the lockdown. They paid Rs 4,000 for standing space in the back of a truck and set off with a large group, via Nasik and Indore, said Yakub.

(*Sombre photo of dying on the lap of his friend)

via Helping Hands FB

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