To hush up a road accident case, the police buried the body of a 73-year-old man who had died in Nishatpura locality in a road accident few days ago. later, when the family members of the victim approached police, the body was exhumed on Monday.
SDOP of Nishatpura Rashmi Mishra told that on April 19, the victim while crossing the main road was mowed down by a crane at Motilal Karond square. The victim died on the spot and when the police were not able to establish his identity, he was buried at Bhadbahda on Saturday. Relatives found on sunday that the victim died in an accident.
Surprisingly, the police did not follow the guidelines under which the body needs to be preserved for three days in the mortuary to establish body’s identity.
The police seized the vehicle and the arrested the driver but the police without investigating the details of the deceased sent the body for the post mortem and performed the last rituals. The police have registered a case under section 304 (A) of the IPC, he added.
The relatives have alleged that the house of the victim was situated near the place of incident but the police were not interested in establishing his identity. Everything was done in haste to save the accused by the Station House Officer of Nishatpura.