Lucknow, Sep 06, 2021: An out-of-order elevator at OPEC Hospital in Kaili of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh was opened after 24 years for repair work. Inside, a male skeleton was found on September 1, UP Tak reported.
The police and its forensic department are now trying to solve the mystery of the skeleton. It has been sent for a DNA test.
A LITTLE HISTORY
The construction of the 500-bed OPEC Hospital began in 1991. The elevator concerned was running until 1997 when it became non-functional, according to the police.
The police are examining ‘missing person’ reports from 24 years ago in order to find leads in the case. They are trying to establish the identity of the person whose skeleton was found in the lift.
A BIG MYSTERY
For now, it is unknown who the person was, how he died and why the body has been in an elevator for so many years. Did the man die of suffocation on getting stuck in the lift or did someone kill him and hide the body there?
#BastiPolice थाना कोतवाली क्षेत्र अन्तर्गत दिनांक 01.09.2021 को कैली हॉस्पिटल के लिफ्ट में मिले नर कंकाल के सम्बन्ध में अपर पुलिस अधीक्षक बस्ती श्री दीपेन्द्र नाथ चौधरी द्वारा दी गई बाईट- pic.twitter.com/x9l256yS5P
— BASTI POLICE (@bastipolice) September 2, 2021
More information will only be available once the DNA report is filed.
Additional Superintendent of Police in Basti, Deependra Nath Choudhary, said on the matter, “If any written complaint is given in the matter, we will register a case. At present, the police are investigating several angles. To solve the mystery of the male skeleton, 24 police stations in the district have been deployed.”
Courtesy:India Today