The family members of a woman whose body was found hanging have accused doctors and staff members of a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Budaun of removing her eyes during the post-mortem, news agency PTI reported on Tuesday, citing officials. The district magistrate has ordered a probe and asked for the post-mortem to be conducted again.
Puja (20) was allegedly killed for dowry, and her body was found hanging on Sunday in the Rasula village of the district's Mujaria area. Her body was sent for a post-mortem on Monday. The family members claimed that when the body was handed over to them, the eyes were removed. The family members alleged that the eyes were removed during the post-mortem.
The family members of the deceased approached District Magistrate Manoj Kumar and demanded strict action against the doctor and the staff members, alleging that they were involved in organ trafficking. "The victim's family members met me and made a complaint for taking action. A probe has been ordered, and the post-mortem will be done again. Strict action will be taken if anyone is found guilty," Kumar said, as quoted by PTI.
Chief Medical Officer Pradeep Varshney said the district magistrate ordered the second post-mortem to be videographed and a report to be submitted to him.
In another incident, a man hanged himself to death from a tree after murdering his wife and two sons in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, news agency IANS reported on Tuesday. According to the police, the victim was identified as Shrawan Ram, 35. He was a resident of Devdih village under Bansdih police station in Ballia district.
According to IANS, a local resident had informed the police that Shrawan was brutally assaulting his wife and her children, after which the police rushed to Devdih village. Upon searching Shrawan's home and the surrounding area, the police found his body hanging from a tree branch in an orchard.