Government directed to keep record of unidentified dead bodies for at least 20 years

April 16, Kathmandu: The parliamentary Committee on State Affairs and Good-Governance has instructed the government to keep the record of those unidentified dead bodies for at least 20 years.

In the meeting of the Committee at Singha Durbar on Thursday, the Committee had directed the government to keep record of those dead people whose identities were not ascertained and who were related to criminal cases.

Committee President Sashi Shrestha instructed Nepal Police to keep such dead bodies in the hospital in such a way that anyone could see them and help identify the dead bodies.

In the meeting, Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa shared that the government was formulating necessary laws to manage the unidentified dead bodies.##