West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar
KOLKATA: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday had asked clarification from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) commissioner about the 14 unclaimed bodies which were taken to Garia crematorium, but die to public ire the bodies could not be cremated there on Wednesday, on Friday tweeted that the Commissioner and the chairman of the board of administrators would be coming to meet him on Saturday at 11 am. Urban development minister Firhad Hakim who is the chairman of the board of governors of KMC had stated that these were unclaimed bodies that were earlier cremated at a crematorium at Dhapa, but now it is used for Covid-19 dead bodies the unclaimed bodies were taken to Garia crematorium.
Both Hakim and the KMC commissioner Bindo Kumar would be meeting the Governor.
Earlier ion Thursday the governor had reacted seeing the bodies being dragged without any dignity. He in his tweet had stated that he had sought details also in this regard from the state home secretary.
The principal of NRS Medical College had however mentioned in a letter to the Kolkata Police commissioner that the 14 bodies were at the NRS hospital morgue and those were not of any Covid19 patient, as some social media were making fake news.
The Governor on his tweet on Friday morning said: that he was anguished in the way the bodies were handled.”Share public outrage and deep concern” as the bodies were dragged in an inhumane manner. The Governor wanted a proper operating procedure for the cremation of the unclaimed bodies.
