There was a stampede before Mauni Amavasya in the ongoing Mahakumbh in Prayagraj. According to government data, apart from claims, 30 people died in this stampede. In this, some bodies have not been identified yet. After this, the police have released pictures to identify the bodies. The families of the 24 dead people who have released the picture of the police have not been contacted yet.
Now the question arises that how many days the police can keep those dead bodies, which have not been identified. What methods are adopted to identify dead bodies. Let’s know …
How long does the police keep the dead bodies
Guidelines have been made with the identification of bodies or unclaimed corpses. Whenever the police finds an unclaimed corpse, it is first reported to the SP of the district. After this, the report of the corpse is prepared and the photo of the unclaimed corpse for identification is sent to the police stations and control room in the state and nearby. If the condition of the corpse is worse, then the information of its hul is sent. After this, the police conducts his post -mortem, so that it can be known whether death is natural or an accident has happened.
The corpse is handled for so many days
Any unclaimed corpse is wrapped in a white sheet and takes the morgue and the corpse is kept there till the identification or the investigation is completed. The clothes of the dead body are deposited in the goods, so that they can be used at the time of identification. In general matters, the corpse is kept for three to four days, if no one makes contact even after this, then the police conducts his last rites.
These methods are identified
To identify any unclaimed corpse, the police conducts his picture and videography. They are sent to nearby police stations. Apart from this, missing advertisements are also taken out in newspapers. These pictures also go on WhatsApp group, so that they can be identified. There is no disturbance in the identification of the dead body, so their DNA matching profile is prepared, so that it can be identified when needed.
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