NAINITAL: Uttarakhand High Court today asked the State Government to form five Special Investigation Teams (SITs) and conduct a fresh search operation to find if there are any more bodies lying hidden in areas affected during the 2013-flash floods as human skeletal remains still being found in Kedar valley.
A division bench of the High Court comprising Justice Rajeev Sharma and Justice Alok Singh said the State Government should form five SITs headed by SSP rank officers to trace the dead bodies in different areas affected by the tragedy.
The SITs will comprise the officers drawn from the NDRF, police and paramilitary personnel, the order said.
The Court also ordered that the last rites of the recovered bodies should be performed in accordance with their religion.
“The State Government after tracing the dead bodies will prepare their DNA profile and inform the family members of the deceased. The State Government after completing all codal formalities shall perform the last rites as per Hindu, Sikh, Christian and Muslim religion,” the order said. (AGENCIES)
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