After Bihar s Buxar, bodies found floating in Ganga in UP s Ghazipur
Day after dozens of bodies, bloated and in various stages of decay, washed up on Monday on the banks of the Ganga in Chausa block of Bihar’s Buxar district, similar sightings were reported on the banks of the river in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh.
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Few unidentified bodies found floating in river Ganga in Ghazipur, UP (Photo: ANI)
Day after dozens of bodies, bloated and in various stages of decay, washed up on Monday on the banks of the Ganga in Chausa block of Bihar’s Buxar district, similar sightings were reported on the banks of the river in Ghazipu district of Uttar Pradesh.
Mukesh Rajan
New Delhi, May 11
The Buxar district administration in Bihar today confirmed that it has retrieved bodies of 71 suspected COVID-19 victims, which were found floating in the Ganga at Chausa block and all of them have been “respectfully disposed of” by officials. It is also informed that DNA samples of these bodies have been preserved for further investigation.
Superintendent of Police Neeraj Kumar Singh told The Tribune over phone that the administrative machinery of the district managed to retrieve 71 bodies. “Most of them have been disposed of. DNA samples of the bodies too have been preserved for further tests and investigation,” he said, adding that post-mortems of bodies were done at the ghat itself as they were highly decomposed.