Ambulance Driver Arrested For Overcharging Covid Patient In Delhi: Police

Kandhi Lal was charging the exorbitant amount for a distance of 6 kilometers, police said.

The Delhi Police has arrested an ambulance driver for allegedly charging Rs 14,000 to ferry the body of a person who died of COVID-19 to the crematorium, officials said on Sunday. Kandhi Lal was charging the exorbitant amount for a distance of 6 kilometers, they said. On Saturday, after receiving a tip-off about the driver, the police laid a trap. "Constable Mahesh called the ambulance driver and asked him to ferry the body of a person who died of COVID-19 to Nigam Bodh Ghat from NuLife Hospital," the police said.