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In a horrifying event, the eye of a man who died of a bullet wound while receiving treatment at a state-run hospital here went missing mere hours after his death on Friday, November 15. The doctors blamed rats for chewing it but the deceased's family is suspecting foul play.

 

Fantush Kumar (25), a Hurari village resident, was brought to the Nalanda Medical College Hospital here on November 14 after being shot in the abdomen by unknown assailants. He died on Friday, and hospital personnel confirmed that his left eye had gone missing within hours.

 

His body was kept in the ICU bed because a post-mortem examination could not be performed on Friday night. The autopsy was performed early Saturday morning. Kumar's family members alleged carelessness and foul play, while some doctors feared rats may have gnawed.

 

"As the body was being brought from the morgue, we noticed that the left eye was missing and a surgical blade was lying on the stretcher beside the body," a family member said.

 

The family members alleged negligence and foul play, while some doctors suspected that rats might have gnawed the eye.

 

Speaking to reporters, NMCH medical superintendent Binod Kumar Singh said, "A medical team has been constituted to probe the matter. It's a serious issue and strict action must be taken against those found guilty." "A group of doctors suspect that rats might have gnawed the eye. All aspects pertaining to the incident are being probed. We are also waiting for the autopsy report," he said.

 

"How the eye was gouged out can only be known after receiving the autopsy report. The hospital administration has also lodged a formal complaint with the Alamganj police station in this regard," the medical superintendent said.

 

Speaking to PTI on Sunday, Rajiv Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO) of Alamganj police station, said, "A case has been registered on the basis of a formal complaint filed by the hospital administration. We are examining the CCTV footage of the hospital and also sought clarifications from the doctors who performed the post-mortem examination. We are also examining family members of the deceased as well as other hospital staffers. The case is being investigated from all angles." Family members of the deceased have not lodged any complaint so far.