Panic gripped West Bengal's Uluberia, a city and municipality in Howrah, when at least 17 fetuses were recovered from a garbaged vat on Tuesday.
The fetuses were found in Uluberia's Banibala Khaara under ward number 31 of Uberia Municipality. Among the 17 fetuses recovered, ten were identified to be those of females and six of males.
As per the Uluberia Municipality, there are 30 private nursing homes within one and a half kilometers of Uluberia town area. Police are now investigating if these fetuses were dumped here as medical waste from nursing homes.
After recovery, the fetuses were sent to Ulbaria hospital for post-mortem. Uluberia police have started an investigation into the matter.
(With inputs from Baidyanath Jha)
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