Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Aug 23: The diamond rings which reportedly went missing from the ears of the mortal remains of a person kept in the mortuary of a hospital at Bendorewell in the city have since been found by the Kadri police.
Harish Shetty (45), who was working as manager of the security department of a mall here, had breathed his last after suffering heart attack on Thursday. His mortal remains were preserved in the mortuary of the hospital awaiting arrival of a few close relatives. Even though the golden chain around his neck was removed, diamond rings in his ears were left untouched as it was found to be very hard to remove them. The relatives had planned to remove the rings during the funeral and had also informed the people in charge of the mortuary about this plan.
Harish Shetty
On the next day the security guard, when approached about the missing ear rings, is said to have feigned ignorance about the disappearance. Thereafter, Kadri police were informed. The police checked the CCTV footage and found that the guard had stolen the rings. It is learnt that thereafter he returned the rings to the family members of Harish Shetty.
Hospital manager said that the security guard concerned had joined for duty three months back and that the hospital management did not have any inkling that he would steal things like this. He said that the guard has been dismissed from service and that the hospital will extend total cooperation to the police investigation.