The body of internationally acclaimed algoza player Karamjit Singh Bagga, who passed away on October 8, decomposed as the freezer preserving his body stopped working due to prolonged power outage. The incident has triggered outrage in the cultural circles.

Bagga’s body had been kept in a freezer at Civil hospital in Mohali. However, apparent negligence by the hospital caused the freezer to fail. “The incident came to light when the body kept in the mortuary was found to be slightly decomposed. The mortuary has a total of eight freezers, all of which are in working condition. The freezer in which the artist’s body was kept was also functioning, and its temperature was properly maintained. Later, when a technician was called to inspect it, he found that one of the freezers’ coils had a mino

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