Bodies found floating in Ganga near Patna’s Gulabi Ghat, officials urge people to not leave dead in river

Two days after the Bihar government fished out 71 bodies from the Ganga in Buxar, more bodies were spotted floating in the river in Patna.

The horror of floating bodies in the Ganga river reached Patna on Thursday. Two days after the Bihar government fished out 71 bodies from the river in the Buxar district, locals spotted several bodies floating near the Gulabi Ghat in Patna. Bihar | A number of bodies including a body of a child has been found floating in the river Ganga. We are keeping a check to ensure that bodies are not dumped in the river in our district: Dr.Chandrashekhar Singh, District Magistrate, Patna pic.twitter.com/kOygC22zp1 — ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2021 “A number of bodies, including a body of a child, has been found floating in the river Ganga. We are keeping a check to ensure that bodies are not dumped in the river in our district,” Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh said.