Solve Mystery Of Cut-Up Bodies
CALCUTTA, Wed. (11.30 a.m.')—The police today cleared up the mystery behind the 14 human bodies cut to pieces and packed in bundles and found in a pond in the southern part of the city. The police said the corpses were remnants of dissected bodies stolen from city hospitals by attendants. The thieves had soaked the bodies in water to remove the flesh and sell the bones to medical students.
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Northern Advocate, 21 July 1949, Page 5
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