How seriously do police investigate cases after recovery of abandoned bodies?
When inspector general GL Meena tried to find the answer to this question the reality of the 'seriousness' of police towards abandoned bodies came to the fore. Meena said: "A report on abandoned bodies recovered in a period of one year had been sought from all 10 districts of Varanasi zone." When the districts sent their reports after repeated reminders, he was taken aback to see that the cops of Varanasi had shown the recovery of only three abandoned bodies while Ghazipur cops had shown recovery of 10, Jaunpur five, Azamgarh two, Mau five, Mirzapur one and Bhadohi had shown two recoveries of abandoned bodies. The Ballia police showed that no abandoned body was recovered in the district in a period of one year.
Only Chandauli and Sonebhadra police showed some realistic figure by mentioning recoveries of 46 and 23 abandoned bodies respectively. The figures of abandoned bodies mentioned in the reports by other districts were found fake as on an average, the recovery of three to four abandoned bodies is published even by newspapers in three to four days. Taking a serious note of it, Meena decided to cross-examine the report by seeking the figures of abandoned bodies recorded in the register of postmortem house of Varanasi district only.
This move of IG exposed the working of junior cops as the numbers mentioned in the register of postmortem house showed the recovery of over 80 abandoned bodies only in Varanasi district in a period of one year. The cops had also not taken pains to show the cause of death as mentioned in postmortem report. The district police also avoided telling the number of cases in which the identity of abandoned bodies had been ascertained. These ground realities were sufficient to reveal that most of the bodies had been disposed without proper investigation despite the fact that after recovery of large number of bodies, the possibility of murder had been suspected in past.
The IG said that taking serious note of the ground realities, another directive was issued to the SSP/SPs of zone to conduct fresh exercise. This time a format has been prepared, said Meena adding, the districts would give their report on it by mentioning the actual number of abandoned bodies sent for postmortem, cause of death as mentioned in postmortem report, remarks of the doctors who conducted postmortem, result of efforts made for ascertaining identity and result of investigation.
The officials have become compelled to conduct this exercise seriously due to different reasons. In the areas through which highways and railway lines pass, the recovery of abandoned bodies in large number is not very surprising.
But, the recoveries had also been made from other areas like remote jungles and fields after it was suspected that the bodies were thrown after killing. The IG said that the next report will bring many facts on fore after which fresh strategy would be prepared to tackle these cases.
Monday 10 June 2013
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