Undertakers seize corpse from grieving family on day of funeral over £27 debt
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Shocking footage shows undertakers seizing a corpse from a grieving family on the day of the man's funeral - over a £27 debt.
The mortuary men removed the dead body from its coffin in the middle of the burial after the bereaved relatives allegedly refused to pay undertaking charges of GHc 150 (Ghanian cedi) or £27.
Moments before the casket was lowered into the grave, the men arrived at the Tema Community Nine Cemetery in Ghana.
It's believed the men were from the Tema General Hospital and carried out the shocking act on Saturday.
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They told local media that they planned to keep the body in a safe place until the debts were repaid.
One of the angry men told Citi News: "The undertaker who dressed the body, charged the bereaved family GHc 150 for dressing their body; but the family decided to run away with the body after the undertaker had dressed it.
"So we got wind of the incident and got angry hence our action at the cemetery.
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"Though we took the body out of the coffin in an attempt to bring it back to the mortuary for safe keep until such time the money was paid.
"Some sympathizers intervened later and paid us a negotiable amount of one hundred Ghana cedis which we accepted and allowed them to have the body for burial.”
He told the media that some families had started taking advantage of their undertakers service and claimed that Saturday's actions were to serve as a warning to all those families looking to get away without paying funeral costs.