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Gyandeo Ware is one of the three constables who ensure a decent
funeral to unclaimed bodies; in his 20-year career, he has given dignity in death to around 1 lakh bodies.
Meet
Head Constable Gyandeo Ware of
Mumbai Police, who claims to have performed last rites of nearly one lakh bodies in the past 20 years. The 52-year-old is one of the three constables whose job is to ensure a decent funeral to unidentified or
unclaimed bodies. The other two policemen currently engaged in the noble work are Vijay Pandyere and Baaz Khan.
The three have been authorised to act as caretakers of unclaimed bodies and give them a dignified cremation or burial.