Are bodies of those who died due to thunder being smuggled and sold at an exorbitant price in foreign countries by a smuggler syndicate operating along the Indo-Nepal border? ArariaSPShivdeepLande, replying in the affirmative, said the racket of smuggling of human organs and that of human bodies will be busted soon. Although these villagers are Hindus, they are buried when they die of thunder. Poverty makes it extremely difficult for their relatives to collect firewood for their last rites.
The disappearance of buried bodies of villagers who died due to thunder from Madhulata village under Raniganj PS in Araria district, 35 km from here has posed a problem for the police. Lande said two such bodies were taken out from the grave by a gang of smugglers and when the villagers objected to it, the smugglers' gang paid a sum of Rs 3,000 each to their sons and asked them to come to their Forbesganj office to receive Rs 15,000.
The smugglers, posing as government officials, told villagers that the bodies had been exhumed to verify the claim and payment to be made to their kin. The bodies, which had been taken out from the grave by the smugglers, were that of Neti Rishideo and Naibat Rishideo, Lande said.
Their relatives including sons as well as villagers narrated a shocking story of theft of bodies by the gang members whom they can recognize on seeing. Lande has visited the village twice on the complaints of the relatives of Neti Rishideo and Naibat Rishideo. Within three days of their death, the bodies were taken out clandestinely by the smugglers, the SP said.
All this came to the fore after ivory was recovered from the possession of one, Abdul Mazid Khan, who is in jail facing charges of theft of animal bone and subsequent confessional statements of some of his accomplices. The judicial magistrate himself recorded statements in some cases of theft of ivory and antiques and subsequent recovery.
Meanwhile, bodies of Kumod Singh and his wife, Rina Devi, of Kamalpur village under Raniganj PS (lightning killed them), were exhumed by the smugglers from their graves near Kajradhar, 28 km from here. On the complaint of villagers, the SP, who visited the burial ground from where the bodies were stolen, said smugglers stole only bodies of those who died of lightning or thunder.
The villagers told police that smugglers came and gave some money to them and told them that they were government officials and had come here to verify the bodies so that their family members could get compensation and then took away the bodies with them.
Meanwhile, a smuggler, Abdul Majid Khan, posing to be a member of a Kolkata-based company was allowed by the CJM court, Araria, to be taken on remand on the prayer of the police and SSB, Araria, to quiz him.
Friday 22 March 2013
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Araria-police-get-after-vital-organ-smugglers/articleshow/19118768.cms
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