Rakesh's body was wrongly claimed from the municipal morgue at Vashi by the family of the second deceased, Rahul Ghodke (19), who was Rakesh's classmate. Both the boys lived in Sarsole village, Nerul, and had gone with a third friend, Santosh Malekar (17), towards Nerul after lunch on Thursday. However, they were later found dead on the tracks with severe head injuries and multiple fractures. All three were class XII students of Shiravane Vidyalaya & Junior College in Nerul, Sector 2.
Talking to TOI on Friday, Rakesh's uncle Ramdas Pote, said: "On Thursday evening we were shocked to learn that our boy (Rakesh) was killed along with two of his friends near the railway tracks. We told the NMMC hospital authorities that we will claim the body on Friday morning as many relatives were yet to arrive in Navi Mumbai for the last rites."
But the family was in for another shock as they learnt that Rakesh's body was not there in the Vashi morgue on Friday morning. "Rakesh's body had been wrongly claimed by another victim's family on Thursday night and already cremated near Nashik. We are very disturbed about this.''
Rahul Ghodke's family had somehow taken away the body of Rakesh to their native place at Alephata on Nashik Road and cremated it. When informed about the mix-up, Rahul's family rushed back to the morgue to claim the right body and conducted the last rites again. They also handed over Rakesh's ashes to his grieving family members so that they could perform a special puja.
When TOI contacted the Vashi municipal hospital, the authorities refused to take any blame for the situation. "The railway police gave us the three bodies of the youths for post-mortem on Thursday. Later, we handed the bodies back to the railway police in order to be given to their respective families. It is unfortunate that such a mix-up took place,'' said a senior official at the hospital.
However, senior inspector of Vashi GRP, Purushottam Karyakarte, blamed the hospital. "The hospital should have at least properly labeled the bodies and given them to the right families. In situations like these, the family is usually in a state of shock and is therefore not in a position to identify the body," he said.
"We are still investigating how the three boys died on the tracks. By Friday afternoon, all the three bodies had been claimed, though we are not aware if one body was wrongly claimed,'' said an official.
Saturday 10 November 2012
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