As Ahmedabad inches closer to the label of metropolitan, a total of 26 unclaimed dead bodies were discovered within the city limits last month.
Reports suggest that every 28 hours, a body is discovered somewhere in the city, be it on the streets, footpaths, or other public spaces. In some cases, the police cannot reach the family of the deceased.
According to the Ahmedabad police, most of the bodies found are involved in cases like suicide, accidents, or fatalities involving train accidents.
The 26 unclaimed dead bodies were found by the police across 11 areas, of which, 20 were male and 6 were female.
The police noted that the unclaimed bodies mostly belong to the street dwellers, beggars, or people living in slums.
These dead bodies are initially sent for postmortem and placed in the cold storage of the government hospital after the post-mortem.
Later, the available details are published on the government website. The family of the deceased is contacted based on the details of the missing persons in particular areas.
“With technological advancements and medical facilities, it has become easy to identify the deceased,” noted ACP Pradeepsinh Jadeja.
However, if the deceased is not identified for over a week, the cremation is legally performed by charity organisations.