WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The gruesome discovery was made in a pile of rubbish behind a hotel on the outskirts of Daund, India, with local hospitals now under investigation for potentially dumping bio-waste
Numerous bottles and jars containing a foetus and various body parts including a uterus and appendix have been found dumped in a rubbish heap behind a hotel.
The gruesome discovery was made in a rubbish dump behind the Prime Town Hotel in Borawke Nagar on the outskirts of the city of Daund, India, yesterday. It is believed the remains found in the bottles could be “preserved study samples or bio-medical waste” which had been “casually disposed of” by a laboratory or medical facility.
Police were first called to the grim site after residents in the local area called the police control room at around 9.30am about a box containing plastic jars which had a foetus and various body parts stuffed in them.
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Daund police searched the scene, conducting what’s known as a panchnama, a record of witness testimony in India, usually completed by police, during the investigation of a crime or after death. A team of doctors also examined the area.
“Prima facie, contents in these bottles appeared to be preserved study samples or bio-medical waste and may have been casually disposed of by some lab or medical facility,” Pune Rural Police superintendent Pankaj Deshmukh told the Times of India. “However, disposal in such a manner is not allowed and shows negligence on the part of the person(s) who left the bottles in the garbage bin.”
Maharashtra State Women’s Commission, formed to investigate specific issues relating to women in India, posted on X that there had been reports “that an infant and human remains were found in a garbage dump in Boravkenagar, Daund taluka, Pune district”. The commission shared: “Currently, the Daund police have conducted a panchnama at the scene and examined it through a team of doctors.
“The police have started an investigation into this and an inquiry into the hospital. The human remains have been with the hospital for study since 2020 and were inadvertently dumped in the garbage. The State Women’s Commission has instructed the police to immediately complete the investigation and submit a factual report to the commission.”
Local media has reported that one jar contained a deceased male infant, while others contained human body parts. Police traced the boxes to Bhangale Hospital, as its name was labelled on jars.
Hospital officials claimed the jars contained organs from surgical procedures, with each jar apparently labelled with a patient’s name. The remains were examined by Dr Sandeep Gujar, superintendent of the sub-district hospital, confirming the foetus was a male infant.
Bhangale Hospital providing authorities a list of patients’ names. Dr SachinGujar, superintendent of the Daunt sub-district Hospital said: “The truth will come out through this investigation”. Dr Parmod Bhangal of Bhangal Hospital added: “The deceased infant was four and a half months old.
“His relatives were asked to collect the remains, but they did not. The other jars contained organs such as a uterus, appendix, and hernia, which had been kept since 2020 by mistake.”
The foetus has been sent for post-mortem, and further action will depend on the report. Police launched an investigation into local hospitals to determine if there was any negligence in the disposal of biomedical waste.
A list of offences were registered against unidentified persons including causing a miscarriage without the woman’s consent, death caused by an act done with intent to cause miscarriage, negligently spreading a disease dangerous to life, and malignant act likely to spread infection of a disease dangerous to life.
