Breaking: More than 100 decaying bodies found floating in Indian river!

More than 100 decaying bodies thought to be water burials surface in river Ganges considered sacred by Hindus.

Scores of decaying dead bodies have surfaced in India's sacred Ganges river, as dogs, crows and vultures hacked away at the corpses.

NDTV news channelreported on Wednesday that more than 100 bodies had surfaced in the river between Kanpur and Unnao districts in the northern Uttar Pradesh state.

"There are few bodies that have been found on the Periyar bank of the River Ganges. I have asked the police and my staff to probe it," Unnao district official, Suraj Prasad, said.

"Action will be taken after the probe how the bodies came into it. It could be that some bodies were submerged after the death. They came on the back due to low water level," Prasad added.

Officials do not suspect a crime, and instead believe the dead were given water burials. It is Indian custom not to cremate unwed girls, and many poor people cannot afford cremation.

Local residents blamed the state and federal government for the floating bodies.

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Last Edited by Jozo on 01/14/2015 08:59 AM