"You Must See Where Bodies Come From": Bihar Minister Tweets Centre

Earlier this week, scores of bodies had washed up on the banks of river Ganga in Bihar, spreading shock and anger. It is suspected that the bodies are that of Covid patients.

Bihar has knocked at the Centre's door, calling for an investigation into the corpses flowing down the river Ganga, reiterating that they are coming from Uttar Pradesh. Bihar minister Sanjay Jha today tweeted Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. "You must definitely see where these bodies have come from. The Bihar government will cooperate in every way in its investigation," his tweet read. We have taken serious note of the issue of dumping dead bodies in River Ganga and instituted measures for the prohibition of the same.The Centre through the NMCG and district authorities will ensure all unidentified bodies are disposed as per the protocol. pic.twitter.com/lfKBiGA0vE In another of a series of tweets, Mr Jha -- who handles the state's water resources portfolio -- said: "There is no practice of consigning dead bodies into rivers in Bihar. You know that if a body is thrown into a river, it first drowns and after a time comes to the surface and floats away. These bodies have come from far away. Doctors have said in the postmortem that all the bodies are 4-5 days old". Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is hurt by the practice of dumping the bodies of suspected Covid patients into the river, which is "inhuman and insulting to Mother Ganga", he posted. Earlier this week, scores of bodies had washed up on the banks of river Ganga in Bihar, spreading shock and anger. It is suspected that the bodies are that of Covid patients. In Buxar district, 71 bodies were retrieved from the riverbank.