When two Muslim families discovered their dead relatives had had strangers buried on top of them during the first lockdown, a campaign started to resolve a longstanding “oversight” about the deeds of graves.

Following an investigation, Monty Meghjee, whose 76-year-old uncle Basheer was laid to rest at the cemetery after he died from Covid-19 on March 25 last year, exposed the fact that not one family had ever been granted a Deed of Grant of Exclusive Right of Burial.

Just 12 days after his burial on March 27, his family were unaware that the grave was opened up so that the corpse of an unrelated stranger could share the same grounds.

This is part of a massive campaign that consisted of many stories highlighting the issue – which eventually led to the restoration of burial rights.

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