Lucknow,
Sept 9: In yet another revelation following the arrest of Dera Sacha Sauda
chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, the Central Government has told the UP Government
that14 bodies sent from the Dera headquarters in Sirsa (Haryana) to GCRG
Institute of Medical Sciences, a private medical college here, were without
requisite permission and death certificates. According to the police sources
here, the letter was written on August 19 and sent to the UP Government while
the officials in the State Government said here today that the
"explanation offered by the college in obtaining 14 cadavers from Dera
Sacha Sauda without requisite permission and death certificates is a serious
issue". The GCRG authorities claimed that 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. During MCI's last inspection on January 6,
there was only one cadaver in the institute, which led to an adverse report by
the council as rules mandated there should have been at least 15. It is this
finding that finds mention in the committee's report. The committee was set up
following an Allahabad HC order on a dispute over providing recognition to
GCRG. The report was quoted in the note to the UP Government. The State
Government has now debarred the college from admitting students for two years.
The report, however, does not mention the cause that may have led to the death
of these 14. "Bodies were donated to us by followers of Baba Ram Rahim,
who had been urging them to indulge in this noble activity. Dera followers have
been donating bodies of their kin to many colleges. 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," the medical college authorities
said. SSP Lucknow Deepak Kumar here said that police would 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.
However, officials said a private or Government medical college, having death
certificates issued by a doctor or a hospital is mandatory along with consent
letter of family. For unclaimed bodies, conducting post-mortem examination was
a must and a college can obtain such bodies only after police clearance. UNI
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