The skeletons and other human remains were found stuffed in gunny bags from abandoned autopsy rooms in the police line where they were kept after conducting postmortem examination, official sources said here today.
"We immediately sought report from district police chiefs on the matter. They have been directed to dispose of such skeletons and other materials if investigations have been closed. There is a laid down procedure for that and they have been asked to follow it," IG (Law and Order) A Satish Ganesh said.
After over 100 human skeletons were found in Unnao, reports of similar shocking recoveries soon followed from Bahraich, Gorakhpur and Moradabad districts of the state, leaving the state police baffled.
In Bahraich, scores of sacks containing human remains and viscera were found in a room in police lines area, prompting authorities to launch a probe.
Similarly, a heap of human bones and containers carrying viscera were recovered near old post mortem house in Gorakhpur.
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