S-I suspended over cremation incident

May 07, 2010, Friday, Staff Reporter, The Hindu

NEW DELHI: A Sub-Inspector has been suspended and two Station House Officers served show-cause notices to explain why they failed to establish the identity of the 21-year-old man whose body was found on the rail tracks at Madhu Vihar here on April 26. The body was cremated as unclaimed by the police on Tuesday. Sub-Inspector Maha Singh of the Madhu Vihar police station had been entrusted with the task of identifying the deceased, whose father had lodged a missing complaint with the Jagatpuri police on April 26 evening.

“Primarily it was his responsibility and therefore, he has been suspended and a departmental enquiry initiated,” said a police officer. The Station House Officers of Madhu Vihar and Jagatpuri have also been served notices seeking an explanation for the alleged lapse in supervision.

Unclaimed
Despite the fact that Nagendra's father had lodged a missing complaint and that his body was found the same day, the police were unable to identify him and his body was finally cremated as unclaimed.

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