COVID-19 surge: 71 bodies of suspected victims retrieved from Ganga
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Some of them had been disposed of by the district administration by Tuesday morning and samples have been preserved for additional checks.
Bodies of 71 suspected COVID-19 victims, which had been discovered floating within the Ganga at Chausa in Buxar district of Bihar on Monday, had been retrieved and a few of them had been disposed of by the district administration by Tuesday morning.
Samples of some bodies have been preserved for additional checks.
“We retrieved 71 bodies. Some of them have been disposed of while the process for others are under way. Samples of some bodies too have been preserved for further tests”, Buxar Superintendent of Police Neeraj Kumar Singh instructed The Puucho over telephone. “Post-mortem of bodies were done at the ghat itself as they were highly decomposed,” he added.
No different district official might be reached for extra particulars regardless of a number of makes an attempt by The Puucho.
However, Ram Ashray Yadav who sells pyre wooden for funeral on the Mahadeo ghat (financial institution) at Chausa, mentioned, “most of the bodies were buried in a large pit dug by a JCB machine on the bank of the river”.
“The district administration has provided a generator for power supply at the ghat and deputed an official here and the district administration officials were seen here at the ghat till late last night,” he instructed The Puucho over telephone.
Asked what number of bodies had been buried, he mentioned “it was very difficult to count”.
“But, now no bodies could be seen floating in the river water at the ghat,” he mentioned.
A couple of bodies, although, had been noticed at one other river financial institution within the district, an area journalist mentioned.
Earlier, the Buxar district officers had mentioned that the bodies could be cremated with dignity by the federal government.
The district officers had mentioned the bodies may need floated in from adjoining districts of japanese Uttar Pradesh reminiscent of Varanasi and Allahabad.
“The bodies are bloated. They seem to have been in the water for at least 5-7 days. It needs to be investigated from where they’ve come. They could be from Varanasi or Allahabad of U.P.”, senior official of the district K.K. Upadhayay had instructed media individuals.
Videos of bloated bodies had additionally gone viral on social media, sparking an outrage and shock amongst villagers.
Chausa is about 10 km downstream from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.
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