Corpses float down the Ganga in Bihar

The pictures are making rounds on the internet showing dozens of bodies floating in the river, which is not a tradition to cremate in India.

It is anticipated that the bodies are dumped in the river to reduce the count of covid deaths as per say. The reports are not verified yet and investigation is been done by the authorities.

Around a dozen corpses have been seen floating down the Ganga in Buxar, Bihar.

“It seems these corpses were floating for the last 5-7 days. We don’t have a tradition of immersing bodies in rivers. We are making arrangements to cremate these corpses,” says Buxar SDO KK Upadhyay.

“It is a matter of investigation to ascertain if these corpses come from Varanasi, Allahabad, or any other place. We are alerting officials near ghat areas to make sure that it does not happen again.”