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Dozens more bodies have washed up on the banks of the Ganges in northern India as the country struggles with a second Covid wave.
More than 50 bodies have been discovered in Gahmar, Uttar Pradesh over the past few days.
How the bodies got there is unclear, but it is thought they are Covid-19 victims. Their identities are unknown.
On Tuesday, a local journalist told BBC Online that bodies have been washing up on embankments in the village of Gahmar for several days.
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About two dozen decomposed bodies wash up on banks of the Ganga in Ghazipur
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Given the large number of bodies, the police are probing if they are of COVID-19 victims but have so far not been able to either identify the deceased or trace the source.
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Given the large number of bodies, the police are probing if they are of COVID-19 victims but have so far not been able to either identify the deceased or trace the source.
Around a dozen bloated and decomposed bodies were on Tuesday found floating in the Ganga at Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, a day after two dozen bodies were brought out of the river in a nearby area and many more were fished out in Bihar’s Buxar district.
Residents of Bara and Gahmar villages in Ghazipur said the five cremation ghats in the area did not have enough firewood at a time many people were dying of Covid-19. They said relatives, fearful of contracting the virus, could be dumping the bodies in the river.
Sudhir Singh, a villager of Gahmar, told