According to this recorded conversation between a driver of a 108 Ambulance service in Surat and another person, the truth is that on the day this conversation was recorded (date unknown) the driver saw 70 to 80 bodies to be sent for funeral whereas the city officials are reporting less than 5 deaths.
There is only one Muslim Organization called the Ekta Trust that is taking away bodies, even families are not coming forward to take the bodies of those dead.
The ambulance driver advises the caller, please leave the city of Surat as soon as possible. He says he himself can’t leave because his wife is eight months pregnant and doctors have advised against travel.
He says, you have a house in the village, leave for there…
Audio is a WhatsApp forward, thus unverified but sounds genuine.
Our view is that why is Gujarat Government hiding these figures? Why deaths due to Corona are not being reported? Why the death certificates mention other causes? Why mainstream media is not reporting the failure of Gujarat Government in controlling the viral infection? Is there fear behind this? Is Narendra Modi asking the media to maintain silence on the states failure to create medical infrastructure during his 13 years of rule which has then been followed by another 6 years of BJP Rule?