A video of ornaments stolen from our bodies has now unfold on social media
Hardoi (UP):
A chilling racket of stealing jewelry from corpses coming in for autopsy has been busted in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi. These concerned within the racket, it’s alleged, would steal gold and silver ornaments from corpses and exchange them with synthetic jewelry.
The district’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Rohtash Kumar mentioned two contractual workers had been concerned on this racket they usually have been fired. However one of many sacked employees has claimed that he’s harmless and a number of other workers of the postmortem unit had been a part of the racket.
The matter got here to gentle when a lady constable, whose 26-year-old sister not too long ago died by suicide, discovered the ornaments lacking from the physique. “The constable, Nikki, instructed us that her sister’s nosepin and ear rings had been lacking after autopsy. Two employees members had been discovered to be concerned, they usually had been sacked. I’ve additionally complained to the agency they’re related to,” the Chief Medical Officer mentioned. On the sacked ward boy’s allegations, he mentioned a staff of 4 medical doctors has been fashioned to conduct an in-depth probe into the matter. “We’ll take strict motion in opposition to anybody discovered accountable.”
Rupesh Patel, the sacked ward boy, mentioned he didn’t even enter the postmortem room and claimed that he had been framed. “I used to be threatened that If I converse up, I will probably be sacked,” he mentioned.
A video of ornaments stolen from our bodies has now unfold on social media. Rupesh Patel mentioned he shot the video and circulated it after he was sacked.
Requested concerning the video, the Chief Medical Officer mentioned the clip doesn’t present another employees member, however assured that the probe staff will look into it. “The probe staff is trying on the entire matter and as soon as we get a report, we’ll take motion. An FIR may also be registered.”
With inputs from Mohd Asif
