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‘Racket’ in human body trade comes to light
An alleged racket in trade in human dead bodies has
come to light in Mysore city. Acting on specific
information, the city police intercepted a car
carrying four unclaimed human bodies to two ayurvedic
colleges in Mundargi and Haveri in North Karnataka for
anatomy studies, near here on Thursday evening.
Police sources said the car was intercepted at Kesare
on the outskirts of the city and the were bodies
recovered. The bodies have been embalmed and kept in
the mortuary of the Mysore Medical College (MMC).
However, the car driver Salim, who is said to be into
legal transportation of dead bodies, was apparently
kept in the dark about the illegal trade. Besides, he
had two letters apparently issued by a retired
professor of forensic sciences, Bangalore, addressed
to the two ayurvedic colleges to receive the bodies.
"This made the driver to believe that it was legal,"
the sources add.
The mortuary attendant, Venkatesh, is suspected to be
involved in the racket and an FIR has been registered
against him. The police have also recovered two
letters apparently issued by the retired professor.
Police suspect that the trade in unclaimed human
bodies could be on since a long time in the government
hospitals.
Meanwhile, Dr Shenoy, mortuary in-charge, has stated
that he did not know anything about the incident as he
handed over the mortuary keys — one to Venkatesh and
another to the casualty section — before leaving the
mortuary on Thursday evening.
Sources said that MMC Principal Dr Sheela Nayak has
asked K R Hospital Superintendent Dr Chandrashekar
Shetty to hold an inquiry and submit a report to her.
It is learnt that Dr Seethalakshmi, director, Medical
Education, has sought details about the incident from
Dr Nayak. In fact, the unclaimed bodies were brought
from K R Hospital to the mortuary to conduct anatomy
studies.MLA and KR Hospital Visitors' Board Chairman H
S Shankaralinge Gowda, who visited the mortuary after
receipt of information, told Deccan Herald that he
would seek a high-level inquiry into the episode as he
suspected involvement of some doctors in the alleged
trade.
Mr Gowda, who verified the inward and outward register
at the mortuary, said there was no record about the
four unclaimed bodies brought from K R Hospital. The
unidentified bodies brought by the police personnel to
hospitals or mortuary have to be disposed of only by
them after fulfilling certain formalities when there
are no claimants for a period of time.
# Posted : Thursday, January 01, 2004
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Star of Mysore & others..
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