Haryana: Rats nibble farmer’s body in mortuary
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Haryana: Rats nibble farmer’s body in mortuary
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ROHTAK: The district health authorities have formed an inquiry committee on the case of a 70-year-old farmer’s body being gnawed at by rats at the mortuary of the civil hospital in Haryana’s Sonipat. Rajinder Kumar, 70, was a resident of Baiyanpur village in Sonipat and died at Singhu border on Wednesday during farm protest. Rajender’s body was kept at the mortuary on Wednesday night before postmortem but his family found injury marks on his neck, legs and other body parts the next morning. Rajinder’s nephew Dinesh Kumar said his uncle had been actively participating in the farm agitation for the last 80 days. He developed chest pain at the Singhu border and collapsed soon after, he said. “He was rushed to government hospital, but had died by the time he reached there. The doctors kept the body in the mortuary before conducting postmortem the next day,” he said. “There were rodent bite marks all over the body,” he added. Sonipat principal medical officer Jai Bhagwan said a team of three doctors is inquiring into the matter.
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The Times of India
Date
2021-02-20
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Chandigarh