Updated: Apr 20, 2020, 09:20 PM IST

One cannot suppress truth for long: Md Salim on WB govt hiding death toll of COVID-19 patients

CPI (M) leader Md Salim on allegations that West Bengal government is trying to hide COVID-19 death toll said that it's not an allegation but incidents are coming up as one cannot suppress truth for long.“One Nepal Barman died in Malda. He was a COVID-19 patient. He was surreptitiously burned at crematorium on April 12. Mamata Banerjee government had said till then that he's not dead and reports show he tested negative. But sample was collected on 13th. How can swab of a person, cremated on 12th, be collected on 13th and report come on 14th? Are you treating patient or your 'Banglar Garvo' signboard?,” asked Md Salim.