'Unthinkable': Farhan Akhtar, Parineeti Chopra & Other B-Town Celebs Express Anger Over Floating Dead Bodies In Ganga

Bollywood celebrities expressed their anger after dead bodies were found floating on the banks of the Ganga amid the second wave of COVID-19.

Bollywood Celebs REACT To Dead Bodies Floating On Banks Of Ganga

Mumbai: Farhan Akhtar and Parineeti Chopra expressed their angst on social media after it was reported that over 90 unidentified bodies were found floating in the banks of river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district and Bihar’s Buxar district.  

Farhan, who will be next seen in ‘Toofan’, said that it is heartbreaking to know about the dead bodies floating in rivers. The ‘Rock On’ actor condemned the horrific incident on Twitter, saying ‘there has to be accountability for such failures’.  

He tweeted, “The news of scores of bodies being discovered floating in rivers and washed up on its banks is absolutely heartbreaking. The virus will be defeated someday but there has to be accountability for these failures in the system. Until then, the pandemic chapter is not closed!”  

Parineeti Chopra also reacted to the shocking development and expressed her grief on social media.

"This pandemic seems to have brought out the worst in the humanity. Those bodies floating in rivers were lives lived; they were somebody’s mother, daughter, father or son. How would you feel if you were on that riverbank and saw your mother floating by?? UNTHINKABLE. Monsters," the 'Saina' actress wrote on the micro-blogging site.

 

Pooja Bhatt said that the incident will 'haunt the people for generations'. She tweeted, "You can fudge the data.. how do you hide the bodies? This will haunt us for generations to come."

Actor-dancer Jaaved Jaaferi wrote: "This is tragic and horrific."

"Over 100 dead bodies of suspected Covid fatalities dumped in Ganga. Tragic..brutal..inhuman beyond belief," Urmila Matondkar shared a post after she came to know about the incident.

Around 45 dead bodies were found in a decomposed state on the banks of the Ganga in Bihar's Buxar district, a report in IANS said. The district administration claimed the corpses were from the upstream districts of Varanasi or Prayagraj in the neighbouring state Uttar Pradesh.

The report in the news agency also said that over 20 two bodies were found washed up on the bansk of the river at adjoining Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh. Some of the corpses were partially cremated and then thrown into the Ganga.

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