Shortage of mourners forces family to bury woman twice in Baitadi

Relatives say Lalmati Koli’s body was washed away after an initial burial on a riverbank, forcing them to bury her again as a lack of mourners prevented a proper funeral.

A Dalit family in Patan Municipality-5 of Baitadi has been forced to bury a deceased woman twice after a shortage of mourners prevented them from performing her last rites according to tradition.