Murder victim's body missing from morgue in Mumbai

MUMBAI: In the third such incident, the body of a youth has gone missing from the morgue of Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar.
Deonar resident, Mehraz Shaikh, who was stabbed by a rival on June 3, was admitted to Rajawadi Hospital with serious injuries. "He passed away the same night. Since it was necessary to do a Covid-19 test before post-mortem, his body was kept in the hospital morgue," said former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya.
Somaiya said his Covid-19 test report returned positive on Sunday. When the Deonar police went to collect Shaikh's body to hand it over for post-mortem, they found it was missing. "It's ridiculous that bodies are going missing from government-run hospital morgues. It is a failure of the system as this is the third such incident," said Somaiya.
Speaking to TOI, dean of Rajawadi Hospital, Dr Vidya Thakur said, "It is too early to say 'missing' as the body may have been misplaced. Our team is looking for the body and we will get it soon."
Last week, the family of 41-year-old real estate agent, Rakesh Verma, filed a complaint against the civic body, police and staffers of a Jogeshwari hospital for cremating him without informing them.