In a noble initiative, the Delhi Police in collaboration with the Indigo Airlines have come to the rescue of poor and underprivileged people from North-East states who cannot pay the high cost of transporting the dead bodies of their close relatives who die in Delhi. The airline would transport the body free of cost. The initiative has been named ‘Akhiri Ahuti’.
In the past, there were several incidents where people from North-Eastern states residing in Delhi died. They were buried or cremated in Delhi NCR without their kith or kin being present. Due to financial constraints, relatives of the deceased were unable to take the body back to their native places. This service has been launched to facilitate transporting the Human Remains of the deceased of these very underprivileged people from North-east. Under this service, it is only on the recommendation from the office of Delhi Police’s NorthEast unit, IndiGo will ferry the human remains on a case to case basis.
Robin Hibu, Joint Commissioner, Delhi Police said: “We are humbled by Indigo’s gesture to extend support to the affected people from North-East India. More than 12 lakh people are working in different organised and unorganised sectors like BPOs, malls, private companies, hospitals, hotel industry and as security guards, to mention some, from the North-Eastern states. Ferrying human remains from Delhi to North-east by air is a costly affair. For the underprivileged people from North-East, this service is a great relief from both financial and emotional point of views,” he said.