Panaji, November 18: A family member of Russian girl, who found dead on railway tracks in Goa, could not identify the body as “it was in a highly decomposed state lying in the mortuary of the government hospital”.
“Entire face was decomposed with fungus all over the body. This seems to be the fallout of inadequate facilities with the morgue,” Vikram Varma, lawyer representing Elena Sukhanova’s family, told PTI this afternoon.
Elena, 19, was found dead on the railway track at Thivim railway station on May 7. Her brother-in-law Dimitiry Voronova is down in the state to identify and bury the corpse, which has been lying for almost six months now at Goa Medical College and Hospital’s (GMCH) morgue near here.
“Voronova visited the morgue on Tuesday evening and tried to identify the body. However, level of decomposition was so high that facial recognition is impossible,” Varma said.
–Agencies