May 11, 2021, 14:52 PM IST
New Delhi: Over five bodies floating in the Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh s Hamirpur district have triggered a COVID-19 scare amongst the locals, a link which has been denied by the authorities.
The residents had spotted the bodies, including a half-burnt corpse, under a bridge on the Yamuna on May 6, the PTI news agency reported on Monday (May 10, 2021).
Hamirpur Superintendent of Police Narendra Kumar Singh confirmed to PTI that some local residents had spotted the bodies floating in the Yamuna.
Singh said, There were five bodies, of which one body was partially burnt. The bodies were handed over to the municipal body for cremation.