KANPUR: A probe has been ordered into a video clip in which two police constables can be seen dumping a body in a garbage loader in Mahoba district in presence of their senior. The two cops can be seen holding, swinging and trying to dump the body onto the truck, but later changed their mind after being instructed by their senior. They later lifted the body and put it on the garbage truck.

The incident took place outside the district hospital on Saturday after which its video went viral on social media. In the video, three policemen, including two constables, a sub-inspector and the driver of the loader, were purportedly seen trying to dump the body, packed in a black colour polythene bag, in a garbage vehicle. Later, their senior (sub-inspector) instructed them to not dump the body but lift it and then load it on the vehicle.

Ram Karan Kushwaha, a native of Mohalla Swami Das in Kharela town, was staying with his elder son Deepak in Delhi. On Friday, when he fell ill, he returned to his native place. The same day when his condition deteriorated, his son rushed him to the district hospital but he died before he could get treatment. His body was later shifted to a mortuary. Deepak told reporters, "His father used to work as a labourer in Delhi. As he was unwell, me and my father returned to our village on Friday. The same day when his condition deteriorated, we rushed him to the district hospital, but before he could be treated, he succumbed to his illness."

Police sources, however, blamed the man`s kin for giving inhuman treatment to him. "The family initially refused to take possession of the body after the post-mortem was done at the district hospital. The cops on duty somehow persuaded his son who reached the hospital with a garbage vehicle of Kharela nagar panchayat and then carried out the last rites. His son arranged for the garbage loader to transport the body," the police sources further said.

Additional SP Mahoba, Rajendra Kumar Gautam, meanwhile, said, "I have instructed the circle officer Charkhari Umesh Chandra to investigate the case and submit a report within 24 hours." The deceased, who was suffering from cold and cough, was denied entry into his house by his family members when he reached his village from Delhi on Friday, local sources said.

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