Inspector General of Police (Kanpur) Ashutosh Pandey said due to lack of money, the bodies were either dumped by families in the shallow waters of the Ganga or left buried under sand in the encatchment area.
These, he added, would float after being eaten up by river animals and fishes. Some bodies were half burnt and half eaten up, officials said. Inspector General (Law and Order) A. Satish Ganesh informed that police were looking into all possible angles.
Saumya Agarwal, district magistrate of Unnao, has since ordered the cremation of all the bodies. Initially it was rumoured that the bodies were of victims those who were killed in Unnao’s hooch tragedy Monday.
Laxmikant Bajpayi, BJP state president, also reached the scene after news of bodies being recovered reached to him. He spoke to senior government officials and asked them not to use machines to lift the bodies, instead he advised to get autopsies conducted and give them a decent cremation Wednesday. (IANS)