There are still seven unclaimed bodies lying in the mortuary of the SRN hospital while rest 29 bodies have been identified.
Additional director, health, Dr Ramesh Kumar told TOI "After identification and subsequent postmortem, we have handed over the bodies to their family members (after all formalities) and further arranged ambulances so that the family members could take the bodies to their respective destinations."
He added: "There are still seven unclaimed bodies whose identities are yet to be ascertained.
Scores of people have arrived SRN hospital and mortuary in search of their family members, relatives, friends and even nears and dears who were still missing.
As per information, more than 127 people including 43 children are reportedly missing from Mela area and both police and family members are trying to trace out their current locations.
Family members visited the Lost & Found camp also thinking that the missing persons would be reaching at camps. Patesar Singh, a resident of Gonda, who was searching for his missing mother, said that his mother along with two others had come to Allahabad to take holy dip but his mother unfortunately went missing. Despite extensive search at various places, her location was yet to be ascertained.
The family members keep on taking rounds of Lost & Found camp as well as police station concerned to get the locations and reunion.
Mela police officials claimed that they have been coordinating with volunteers and organizers of Lost & Found camp as well as city police and intensified a drive in search of missing ones.
The Mela police claimed to have compiled the details of missing persons and inputs have been shared with all police stations and outpost to get them traced at the earliest.
Wednesday 13 February 2013
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Bodies-of-seven-stampede-victims-yet-to-be-identified/articleshow/18475946.cms
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