Pune: An angry Corporator of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) smashed the car of a government official in Pune because he could not get an ambulance to move the body of his relative who died of coronavirus infection.
In a video, Vasant More was seen breaking the windshield of a car with a stick.
More said that if people in Pune are not getting ambulance then officers don't have the right to move in vehicles.
MNS Corporator vandalises car of official to protest unavailability of ambulances in Pune "My relative, who was COVID-19 positive, didn't get an ambulance for 3.5 hours even after his death. They are allowing funerals only at electric facilities. If people in Pune are not getting ambulance then officers don't have the right to move in vehicles," More said.
A total of 16,429 new COVID-19 cases and 423 deaths were reported in Maharashtra on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 9,23,641 in the state, Public Health Department said.
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(ANI)