The newly formed July Uprising Cell by students against discrimination on Friday requested all to provide information on six unidentified and unclaimed bodies kept at Dhaka Medical College Hospital since the mass uprising.
According to a press release, on information about the bodies, a team of the cell visited Shahbag police station and DMCH mortuary and collected primary facts.
The bodies include unidentified male, 20, unidentified male, 22, unidentified male, 25, unidentified male, 30, unidentified female, 32, and Enamul, 25.
The release urged anyone with missing family members matching these descriptions to contact the special cell.
Autopsies and DNA evidence collection had been completed, though details about when and under what circumstances the bodies were brought to DMCH remained unclear, the release said.
The cell called on the interim government and relevant authorities to take immediate steps to return the bodies to their families.
The July Uprising Cell was established on January 8 to support the injured, rehabilitate families of the martyrs, document the uprising鈥檚 events, expedite legal proceedings, and advocate for the establishment of a martyrs鈥� memorial.
On January 21, the government鈥檚 Mass Uprising Special Cell published a preliminary list, documenting 858 martyrs and 11,551 injured during the July uprising, which ended the 15-year fascist Awami League regime and forced Sheikh Hasina to flee to India.
