Bhubaneshwar: The dead tell no tales: This seems to be the skewed logic at work in Odisha where the other day there was a furore over visuals of a man carrying the body of his dead wife on his shoulders.
Now, there is another visual from Balasore district in the state which shows hospital workers breaking the bones of a dead woman to stuff it into a plastic bag before it is carted out of the hospital.
Salamani Barik, a 76-year-old woman, lay for hours at a community health centre in the town of Soro after she was run over by a train. The body was moved to a hospital 30 km away as the Community Health Centre had no post-mortem facilities, reports CNN News 18. The Odisha Human Rights Commission has now sought an explanation from Balasore district authorities.
Although the Government Railway Police (GRP) was informed, its personnel reached the hospital only in the evening, almost 12 hours later. The delay led to rigor mortis, making it difficult for the workers to tie the body. So, they broke the body at the hip, wrapped it in an old sheet, tied it to a bamboo pole, and carried it to the railway station, which is about 2 km away. The body was then taken to Balasore by train.
Behara’s son, Rabindra Barik, said he was shocked when he heard about the way his mother’s body was treated. “They could have been a little more human. I initially thought of filing a case against the policemen. But who would act on our complaint,” he said.
Odisha Human Rights Commission chairperson B K Mishra on Thursday issued notice to the Inspector General, GRP, and Balasore District Collector, asking them to order a probe into the incident and submit a report within four weeks, adds the channel.
