Bodies of the Lynched Men Recovered from River
Patna: Sept. 16, 2007
 Authorities in Vaishali district on Sunday recovered eight bodies of the men who were lynched by a mob last Thursday after being mistaken by the villagers as thieves, from a river despite claims of their bodies being cremated properly.
The recovery has come as a shock for the administration and has exposed the lie and insensitivity of the police officers who were entrusted to give the ten men proper cremation.
"We have recovered eight bodies from the river which were believed to have been given proper cremation," said the Vaishali District Magistrate Lallan Singh adding legal actions would be taken against the police officers who were responsible for their cremation as per the Hindu rituals.
The appalling lie of the Vaishali police came to light after some villagers noticed seven decomposed dead bodies stuck in the sandy area of the river on Sunday morning. As news spread, the bodies were recognized as those of seven men killed by a raging mob last Thursday.
Upon a search of the area, another body was discovered but the police failed to recover the other two bodies.
Later in the evening, a proper cremation was given to all eight bodies in the presence of several senior police officials including the District Magistrate, reports said.
A high-level probe has been ordered to investigate corruption in the police department which is also being accused of keeping the money that was given to them for their cremation.
Meanwhile, in Patna, dozens of people under the banner of All India Nat Development Union staged a dharna at the Income Tax roundabout in protest against the Vaishali incident while demanding protection for their community and fair compensation to the families of the ten victims.
Demanding a CBI probe into the incident, the union president Savita Natraj said the people involved in the lynching in Dhelphorwa village should be charged with committing murder under Section 302 of the Indian Criminal Penal Act and Rs. 5 lakh each for the families of each victim.
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