Bhubaneswar, Feb. 23 -- The body of a woman was allegedly left lying for 24 hours at Bargarh District Headquarters Hospital due to a delay in post-mortem.

As per reports, Premashila Rana had allegedly ended her life by consuming poison at her home in Khalabahal village under Gaisilet block on Wednesday. Her family members brought her body to the Bargarh DHH for post-mortem at 10 am on the same day.

They reportedly informed the police at 12 pm. However, according to her family, the police reached the hospital at 5:30 pm after a delay of around 5 hours and 30 minutes.

The delay caused the post-mortem procedure to be postponed for the next day as the procedure could not be done at night.

Without finding any other way, Premashila's family...