Haryana man dies in old-age home; daughters watch his cremation over video call in viral clip
A video of the funeral has since gone viral, showing one of the daughters asking whether everything had gone smoothly.
A man in his 80s, originally from Mumbai, passed away at an old-age home in Haryana's Sonipat. His three daughters, located in Nepal, Uttar Pradesh, and Mumbai respectively, were unable to attend his funeral in person. Instead, they joined the cremation process virtually via a video call. The old-age home informed the daughters of his declining health nearly two weeks prior to his death but they declined to travel to Sonipat for the funeral.
The old-age home administrator stated that the man used to frequently communicate with his daughters on a mobile phone, but contact diminished as his health deteriorated. Anita, his eldest daughter living in Nepal, had transferred ₹5,100 for his funeral expenses. After the cremation, the family requested that the ashes be immersed in the Ganges on their behalf.
The deceased, a former textile trader, had lived in the old-age home for about two years with his late wife.
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