Sanaton's body to be disposed of
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 15 2021:
Lamphel Police Station has stated that the dead body of Athokpam Sanaton will be disposed of with the permission of the concerned authority if nobody claims it by 7.30 pm of May 18 .
A statement of Lamphel PS stated that the decision to dispose of the body came in view of the letter it received from the Head of Department of Forensic Medicine, JNIMS stating that the body of the deceased has started to decompose thereby causing serious health hazards to the staff, doctors and public residing around the mortuary complex.
The MBBS student at RIMS Hospital was found hanging inside his hostel room on March 15 and evacuated to RIMS casualty for treatment but was declared brought dead by the doctor on duty at 2.05 pm the same day, the police statement said.
The body has been kept at the mortuary of JNIMS, Porompat till date after post mortem examination on March 16 as the family members of the deceased have not claimed or received the body yet, it added.