Dera sent dead bodies to Lucknow hospital without death certificates

Lucknow: A shocking revelation has been made about the Dera Sacha Sauda and its connection with the Uttar Pradesh’s capital.

With the spotlight on Dera, following the arrest of its chief, Gurmeet Singh, it has emerged, as many as 14 dead bodies were sent to a private medical college, GCRG institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow.

The revelation has been made by Union health ministry, who said that the dead bodies were sent without requisite permission and death certificates.

The note dates to August 19 and had been sent to the UP government by the Centre.

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What hospital management said:

• A team of Medical Council of India (MCI) had inspected the college on August 16 and had found the 14 cadavers in the anatomy department.”
• Bodies were donated to us by followers of Gurmeet Singh.
• We have affidavits of all the 14 families who agreed to donate the bodies for research. We have asked Lucknow police to verify these documents.

• We will consult the medical education department of the state and find out the procedure that private medical institutes need to follow to obtain identified and unidentified bodies.
• Legal action will be taken against college authorities or Dera whosoever has not followed rules.