23 carcasses found floating in Gomti river

LUCKNOW: Tension prevailed in Bakshi Ka Talab on Saturday after 23 carcasses were found floating in the Gomti river near Kolwa Ghat, which is 200 metres away from the famous Chandrika Devi temple.
The incident came to light in the noon when some devotees attending the religious fair at Chandrika Devi Temple in BKT spotted the carcasses stuck under a bridge in Kathwara village.

Villagers then informed the police about the floating carcasses. They were fished out with the help of fishermen. Police said the carcasses were of buffaloes, pigs and dogs. Some were highly decomposed.

Police ruled out the possibility of cow slaughter as postmortem examination of carcasses stated cause of death as natural, possibly due to pneumonia or infectious disease.

Officials from the police, district and medical departments also reached the spot.

SP rural Vikrant Vir told TOI that according to the postmortem report there were no visible injuries and internal organs were decomposed. “The death was also not caused by drowning as there was no water in the lungs of the animals. The time period of the deaths of different animals ranged between 24 hours and three weeks,” he added.