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Suspect Sanjay Prasad was arrested at railway station in Indian state of Bihar
Police searched and found 34 skeletal remains and 16 human skulls in luggage
Officials said there is demand for skeletons among medical students in China

Published: 05:53 EST, 1 December 2018 | Updated: 05:53 EST, 1 December 2018

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A man has been arrested at a railway station for trying to smuggle 50 human skeletons, including 16 skulls, from India to China.

The shocking incident took place at the Chhapra Junction Railway Station in the district of Saran in the north-eastern Indian state of Bihar, bordering Nepal.

Suspect Sanjay Prasad was arrested by Government Railway Police officers who found 34 skeletal remains and 16 skulls in his luggage, reports the Telegraph.

A man has been arrested at a railway station in India after police found 16 skulls and 34 skeletal remains in his luggage (file picture)

According to police sources, there is a huge demand for human skeletons among medical students.

They added that Mr Prasad was part of a gang who supplied skeletons to 'tantrics and occultists' in the Himalayan Kingdom.

Officials believe that the skeletons were being brought in from Balia in Uttar Pradesh with the intention of smuggling into China via the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan.

Police have confirmed that they are holding the suspect and checking his mobile phone for evidence.

Police superintendent Mohammad Tanvir said officers also found Nepalese and Bhutanese currencies, credit cards, fake IDs and phone SIM cards with Nepalese numbers on Mr Prasad.

Police said there is a huge demand for human skeletons among medical students (file picture)

The superintendent also said they will ask to keep the suspect on remand when he goes before the court in the coming days.

Officers want to quiz Prasad about his alleged connections with clients based in Nepal and Bhutan.

Mr Prasad was stopped during a routine inspection against liquor smuggling across state lines when officers spotted 'suspicious movement.'

In a similar case from 2009, cops confiscated 67 skulls from a bus passenger in the same district as Prasad. In 2004, 1,000 human skulls were seized in the holy city of Gaya, also in Bihar State.