Coronavirus | Police patrol the Ganga in U.P. to prevent disposal of bodies
The Hindu
A number of bodies in semi-decomposed state were found floating in the Ganga in Ghazipur, Ballia and other districts recently.
Following Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's instructions to prevent people from disposing of bodies into the rivers, police in several districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh have started patrolling the Ganga and villages located on it banks. A number of bodies in semi-decomposed state were , Ballia and other districts recently, leading to suspicion that they could be of COVID-19 victims either abandoned or disposed off in the water due to financial constraints or waiting list at the cremation grounds. In Ballia, on the border with Bihar, where the bodies were first sighted, police is patrolling the river on boats as well as carrying out regular patrols in villages, said Vipin Tada, Superintendent of Police, Ballia.
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