Noida Couple Mortuary Case: Police Arrest Three After CCTV Footage Goes Viral

Noida: A video surfaced on social media on Thursday, raising questions about the security breach at the postmortem house in Noida’s Sector 94. Three people have been arrested in connection with the viral mortuary incident.

Police said the six-minute video clip showed a person in the deep freezer room of the Sector 94 postmortem facility in a compromising position with a woman, while another man filmed the act on his phone.

The police, in their statement, later added that one of the men in the viral mortuary video is a sweeper contracted by the health department of Gautam Budh Nagar. Two others have been identified as Bhanu Pratap from Etah and Praveen Kumar from Jewar, said police.

The arrested another suspect identified as Sher Singh of Amroha, a contractual employee of the health department. After the video came to the fore and following a preliminary investigation, Sher Singh’s employment has been terminated with immediate effect, according to the health department on Thursday.

Health department officials said security personnel were deployed on duty at the facility at night, and yet the breach happened, which is a matter for further investigation as to how this incident took place despite having security deployed.

“We had already deployed a security guard at the facility, and yet the security breach happened. A probe is on to ascertain where the guard was at the time of the incident and how three people gained entry to the premises. To ensure that such incidents are averted and security is maintained in the future, we will be demanding more security personnel for manning the facility, besides the installation of CCTV cameras,” said chief medical officer (CMO) Dr. Sunil Sharma.

The Noida couple mortuary case raises questions about the potential tampering of evidence, as the postmortem house receives five to seven dead bodies daily, including those related to criminal cases, said police. 

The presence of unwanted and unauthorised people inside the mortuary and the lack of security measures further raise questions about the administration's ability to maintain secrecy and tamper with evidence in such cases.

Health department officials said sweepers remain present at the facility during the day, while one security guard is present at night. Doctors and pharmacists remain deputed on rotation at the time of the postmortem, said officials.

“A case has been registered under Section 296 (obscene act in a public place) against Singh, while two others have been booked under Sections 67 and 67A of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,” said Bhupendra Singh, SHO, 126 police station, in a press brief.

A video of couple inside mortuary went viral on social media on Thursday in which a man was seen in a compromising position with a woman outside the deep freezer room in Noida's post-mortem house. While another man was filming the entire incident, Noida police came to action, after which these arrests were made.