Odisha man abandons sister’s body after death

ROURKELA: A 58-year-old unemployed man abandoned the body of his younger sister at Rourkela Government Hospital where she died of septicemia on Saturday morning.

Prafulla Das (58) of Madhusudanpalli slum here abandoned the body of her sister Udasini (50) after she succumbed to septicemia at the hospital. While Udasini’s body has been kept at the RGH mortuary, Das has reportedly agreed to cremate his sister after being persuaded by police.

RGH deputy superintendent Dr Rajat Ranjan Sadual said Udasini had a wound on her head which subsequently aggravated into septicemia. He said previously on a couple of occasions, Das had admitted his sister at RGH and took her home after she recovered.

On Saturday morning, he once again admitted Udasini to the RGH with maggots in her wound. Dr Sadual said after Udasini was admitted to the hospital for treatment, she and Das came out of the building unnoticed.

After Udasini died, Das reportedly placed her body behind a tree and fled. At around 10 am, a few hospital staff detected the body at a secluded place. The identity of the deceased was established from CCTV footages. Dr Sadual said RN Pali police was informed and the body preserved at the RGH morgue.