Reflecting their remorselessness, seven people were arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat for stealing clothes of the dead from crematoria and burial grounds, reports said quoting local police.

The accused used to steal the shroud used to cover the dead, their clothes, sarees, among other things, the police said

“Seven people have been arrested. During interrogation it was revealed that they used to steal bedsheets, sarees, clothes of the dead. Among the items recovered are: 520 bedsheets, 127 kurtas, 52 white sarees and other articles of clothing,” Circle Officer Alok Singh told a posse of reporters.