The Gujarat Congress on Wednesday raised questions over the handing over of our bodies of 18 individuals from Madhya Pradesh, who have been killed in a blast at an unauthorised firecracker warehouse in Deesa that, it alleged, was being carried out with out identification by their shut family members.
Working president of state Congress and get together MLA from Vadgam constituency, Jignesh Mevani, accompanied by get together leaders Lalji Desai and Pal Ambaliya held a sit-in protest at Deesa Common Hospital over the problem, together with a few different calls for within the case. The District Collector, nevertheless, mentioned that the our bodies have been handed over as per protocol, in presence of Madhya Pradesh authorities officers.
On Wednesday morning, the 18 our bodies have been transported in ambulances.
“What’s going on in Gujarat? Which sin is it that the Banaskantha collectorate desires to cover?… At the moment morning at 8.27 am, I referred to as up Collector Mihir Patel and instructed him that the victims from Madhya Pradesh have been reaching out to me saying that they didn’t need the our bodies to be despatched to Madhya Pradesh till they got here and recognized them. Regardless of that, the our bodies have been despatched to MP. Whose directions have been adopted? Was it from Kamalam (BJP) or Gandhinagar (the state authorities)?” mentioned Mevani.
“The post-morterm needs to be carried out by the closest medical officer and the household is handed over the physique after its identification. Why did the MP authorities and MP police must intervene? The our bodies ought to have been given to the households,” Mevani mentioned.
Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil, in the meantime demanded a probe by a sitting decide of the Excessive Courtroom within the blast case.
In a video assertion, Gohil talked about that the premises the place the blast occurred didn’t have licence to fabricate firecrackers. “Even the license of storage was rejected or not renewed. It implies that all the pieces was being carried out illegally. Did the administration not know this? When the manufacturing unit didn’t get renewal permission and its software to fabricate (firecrackers) was rejected, is it not the obligation of the administration to verify the premises and seal the identical?” Gohil mentioned.
Mevani cited a case of an aged girl, who was allegedly not allowed to see her useless grandson’s face. He additionally launched a signed letter, by which one Chandrasingh Nayak alleged that he was not allowed to see the physique of his daughter, Sunita, and that it was handed over to the MP authorities towards his will. Within the letter, addressed to Chief Minister of Gujarat, Nayak additionally sought motion towards officers and leaders accountable.
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In the meantime, Banaskantha Collector Patel mentioned, “The our bodies have been recognized (earlier than post-morterm) even by those that labored with the deceased and are associated. The family members of the deceased and officers from Madhya Pradesh (after their arrival from the neighbouring state) additionally recognized the our bodies. And a number of other family members of deceased have travelled within the ambulances with the our bodies,” the Collector mentioned.
He added, “A few of the family members have been instructed that the identification had been carried out and the our bodies have been handed over to MP authorities (workforce of officers), led by an IG-rank officer, after verification. We now have adopted correct protocol. Why would an IG-level officer settle for the our bodies if the identification was not carried out correctly?”
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