Mira Bhayander: Six booked for partying inside autopsy room of civic hospital

In a macabre incident a group of persons was caught in a sting operation while having a birthday party on the autopsy table inside the morgue of a civicrun hospital in Bhayander the police saidThe celebrations took place in the postmortem room adjacent to the morgue with several bodies kept there on the eve of Holi around 130 am on Friday said senior police inspector MB Patil of Bhayander Police StationBased on a complaint filed by a journalist we have registered a first information report and are conducting further investigations No arrests have been made so far Patil told IANSAccording to journalist Anil Nautiyal in the wee hours of March 18 he got a tipoff about a party inside the autopsy room of the Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Tembha Hospital here run by the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation MBMCI reached there and witnessed the spirited party celebrations with around 89 people present When I asked what was going on one person identified as Sushant claimed it was his birthday Nautiyal saidAs the journalist started filming and taking photos some of the revellers got enraged and assaulted him but he somehow managed to escapeWhen Nautiyal reached his vehicle parked outside one of the accused snatched the car keys and continued to chase himI left my car there and ran home safely Later I called up the police They promised to probe and also asked me to come and lodge a complaint said the journalistBy the time the police reached the morgue the revellers had escapedNautiyal claimed that Tembha Hospital was on his radar for several months after he received information of some alleged unsavoury activities purportedly going on there including clicking selfies with nude bodies or tampering with themAmong the revellers at the party were some civic staffers ambulance drivers or helpers but it was not clear whether they were authorised to enter the morgue premisesPatil said that at least six accused have been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the stringent Maharashtra Mediapersons amp Media Institutions Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property ActHe said that all the accused are still around and none have absconded but several arrests could follow after the initial investigations are completedNautiyal now plans to meet the MBMC administrator and other top civic officials seeking a fullfledged probe into a series of sinister activities that are allegedly ongoing in the morgue and nab the culpritsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever