Journalism of Courage
Uniforms and boots of the dead CRPF personnel were found in a garbage dump of the Ambedkar Hospital in Raipur where autopsies were performed on Tuesday. (Source: Express photo)
As word spread, the police reached the Congress office but party leaders refused to part with the belongings. (Source: Express photo)
These lay there for more than 24 hours and were spotted by relatives of hospital patients on Wednesday. They took photographs and sent them to journalists. (Source: Express photo)
State Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel said: “The Raman Singh government threw the uniforms of the deceased personnel in a garbage dump. We brought the belongings to ensure a proper cremation.” (Source: Express photo)
The CRPF, in turn, said the police and hospital staff should have taken care of the belongings. (Source: Express photo)
A group led by Raipur party president Vikas Upadhyaya reached the hospital, raised slogans, collected the bloodstained belongings and took them to the state Congress headquarters for a “dignified cremation”. (Source: Express photo)
