Stray Dogs Eat Corpse Of Bhutanese Woman In Bihar Hospital

Patna: In a shocking incident, a body of Bhutanese woman kept outside the post-mortem room at a Bihar hospital was eaten by the stray dogs.

The woman, identified as Pema Choden (53) was hit by a speeding truck, who was on her way to Bodh Gaya in Gaya district to attend Kalchakra Puja of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, scheduled to be held in January.

After the mishap, police sent her body to hospital for post-mortem, however the concerned health officials left her body in the open outside the post-mortem room and some stray dogs ate some parts of the body

The woman, identified as Pema Choden (53) was hit by a speeding truck, who was on her way to Bodh Gaya in Gaya district to attend Kalchakra Puja of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, scheduled to be held in January.

"Some stray dogs were seen eating body parts of a Bhutanese woman, who was killed in a road accident in Begusarai on Monday," said police official Ali Sabri.

Taking serious note of the incident, Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav has asked the district civil surgeon Harinarain Singh to submit an explanation within 48 hours.

Begusarai district Superintendent of Police Ranjit Kumar Mishra said hospital officials were responsible for it.

"I have asked the local police station in-charge to inquire into it," Mishra said.