Shock rippled through Mahamrishi Devaraha Baba Medical College in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria after it emerged that students and staff had been using water from a tank that contained a decomposed body for nearly ten days, officials said.

The foul odour from the water first raised the alarm, prompting cleaning staff to inspect the fifth-floor cemented tank, where the corpse was found.

The body, badly decomposed and unidentifiable, was removed late at night in the presence of police and sent for post-mortem examination. Officials said water had been supplied to both OPD and ward buildings during this period.

Following the discovery, Deoria District Magistrate Divya Mittal was appointed as the investigation officer. The college's principal, Dr Rajesh Kumar Barnwal, has been temporarily relieved

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