Not ‘newborn skeletons’, medical waste found at empty plot: Kolkata doctors
Kolkata, Sept 02: The packets found from a south Kolkata locality contained medical waste and not ‘decomposed remains of 14 babies and foetuses’ as alleged, doctors who examined them have said.
Panic prevailed in the city after it was alleged that workers cleaning a plot of land found remains of 14 bodies of newborns.
Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee, who visited the spot, had said that the 14 bodies, wrapped separately in plastic, were in two bags.
Suspecting illegal abortion ring, Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar rushed to the spot.
However, the police did not open the packets and sent them straight to M R Bangur hospital for post-mortem.
In the evening, doctors informed the police that the packets contained no human issue.
“Doctors who opened the packets found no human tissue. They found dry ice. Examination is on to determine the exact nature of the material,” said Nilanjan Biswas, deputy commissioner of Kolkata police’s South-West Division.
“A thorough search of the entire area, including nearby water-bodies, will be conducted to see if there are more bodies,” Sovan Chatterjee said.
Barely a couple of hours ago, Biswas had said that the police suspected the packets to be containing remains of foetuses and newborns, but will wait for the post-mortem report to set the course of investigation.
“There is no question of conducting post-mortem because ho human element was found,” said a doctor at M R Bangur hospital on condition of anonymity.
Biswas said a team of forensic science experts have been called in to investigate the packets.
A police officer who did not want to be identified said that the news of recovery of these packets created panic because in November 2016, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bengal Police discovered two skeletons and three skulls of newborns from the premises of an NGO of Maslandapur in North 24 Parganas district.
The CID also busted a baby trafficking racket that was active since 2014 and 50 babies were trafficked, Rajesh Kumar, additional director general, CID had said then.
Courtesy: www.hindustantimes.com
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Bhambri-Goransson's dream run at Indian Wells ends in semifinals
Indian Wells (USA) (PTI): Indian doubles ace Yuki Bhambri and his Swedish partner Andre Goransson's impressive campaign came to an end after losing in the semifinals of the Indian Wells Masters in California.
The unseeded pair went down 5-7, 7-6(7), 5-10 to France's Arthur Rinderknech and Monaco's Valentin Vacherot in a closely-fought contest that was decided by a tie-breaker.
Bhambri and Goransson started strongly but were edged out in the opening set.
The Indo-Swedish duo fought back to force a decider after clinching a tight second-set in the tie-breaker.
However, Rinderknech and Vacherot held their nerve in the deciding tie-breaker to seal the victory.
Despite the defeat, the tournament marked a significant milestone for the 33-year-old Indian as it was his maiden semifinal appearance at an ATP Masters 1000 event.
Earlier in the tournament, Bhambri and Goransson had produced a strong performance to reach the last-four, defeating the Austrian-Italian pair of Alexander Erler and Andrea Vavassori 6-3, 7-6(7).
Their run also ended a two-year wait for an Indian presence in the semifinals of a Masters 1000 tournament since Rohan Bopanna won the title at the Miami Open in 2024.
