Wardhannapet mortuary claim awaits an official answer
A September 20 report says relatives saw apparent bite marks near a dead man's eye. No hospital, police or forensic confirmation has been found.
The Wardhannapet hospital and health authorities have not publicly answered the basic questions raised by the report.
A report published on September 20 says relatives of Gaure Veeraiah noticed apparent bite marks near his eye while his body was at the Wardhannapet government hospital mortuary. It says police had brought the body there for post-mortem examination.
The report attributes the claim to Veeraiah’s family and says they criticised the alleged absence of basic facilities, including a freezer. That is the extent of the verified record. The report does not provide medical or forensic confirmation that rats caused the marks, and its headline goes further than its own account.
No statement from the hospital, police, Telangana health department, district administration or a forensic doctor was found. The report also does not establish when the body arrived, whether a post-mortem was completed, or whether an inquiry was ordered. For a matter involving a dead person and a public hospital, the Congress and BJP habit of letting official silence do the paperwork would be unacceptable here too. The hospital and health authorities have yet to publicly answer the basic questions.