Bihar spreads net in the Ganga to fish out bodies floating in from U.P.

Thursday, 13 May 2021Newsdesk

A day after 71 bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims were retrieved from the Ganga at Chausa in Buxar district of Bihar, the authorities on Wednesday spread a big net in the river to catch bodies floating in from the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.

New Delhi, 13 May 2021

As per news report of TheHindu, taking cognizance of the bodies being found floating in the river, the Patna High Court asked the State government to file an affidavit on it by Thursday. Earlier, the Buxar district authorities said 71 bodies that were retrieved on Monday-Tuesday had washed ashore at downstream Chausa village from the neighbouring districts of eastern U.P. However, officials of that State had denied the claim.

Source -TheHindu