The corpse of a man has been found on the roof of a police station in northern India where it was placed over two years ago during an inquiry, a report said on Wednesday. The body of Chukkan Nishad, | The Mail said the body was placed there after local authorities refused to release the funds for a DNA test. |
a 22-year-old who went missing in July 2007, was meant to be sent for DNA testing but was instead put in a body bag and placed on the roof, the Mail Today newspaper said.
The newspaper, citing Nishad's father and local officials, said the family kept requesting for the body at the police station but were repeatedly told there was an investigation underway.
"I admit it is a horrible case, possibly the first of its kind," said Ram Sabad Ram, new station master in Azamgarh. "I joined here only recently and didn't know" about the corpse.
The Mail said the body was placed there after local authorities refused to release the funds for the DNA test on Nishad, whose death remains a mystery. |