Of the 30,991 unidentified bodies found in the national Capital in the past decade, as many as 3,313 were found in 2014. About 80 per cent of the unidentified bodies found in the city are reportedly of homeless people.
There was an increase of 418 bodies found last year in comparison to figures tabulated for 2013. The maximum number of unidentified bodies found in 2014 was in the month of June. There were 485 unidentified bodies found in June, followed by 364 in July, 323 in August and 279 in December. The data procured by the Centre for Holistic Development (CHD) from the Zonal Integrated Police Network (Zipnet) of the Union Home Ministry shows that there was an increase of 1,064 unidentified bodies found last year in comparison to the ones traced way back in 2004.
The maximum number of unidentified bodies found during the past one decade was 3,498 in 2010. Statistics show that the maximum number of unidentified bodies is found in the month of June every year. “As many as 3,434 such bodies were found in the month of June in the past one decade. There may be reasons of heat stroke or heat in the national Capital,” said a source.
While a minimum of 179 bodies were found in June 2006, the maximum of 567 bodies were found in 2012. As many as 485 bodies were found in June last year. The figures show that the minimum number of unidentified bodies is reportedly found in the months of February and March. During the past one decade, 1,944 bodies were found in February and 2,080 in March. The figure went up to 2,238 in April, 2,701 in May and 3,434 in June in the past one decade. From June onwards, the number goes down steadily. While 2,971 unidentified bodies were found in July since 2004, 2,817 were found in August, 2,706 in September and 2,717 in October.