( CNN ) Indian authorities in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh have made a grisly find in one of their police stations : dozens of human body parts . Contract workers made the discovery in the city of Unnao , around 60 kilometers ( 37 miles ) southwest of Lucknow . While cleaning a disused part of a city police station late last week , the workers chanced upon sacks filled with human remains in a room that had been locked for a long time . Until 2008 , the room was used as a mortuary , where bodies were kept before funerals , Ram Kishan Yadav , an additional superintendent of police for Unnao District , told CNN . In mid-2008 , he said , the mortuary was shifted to an area hospital . `` These body parts were to be shifted to the district hospital mortuary , but we do n't know how they have since been kept here in the police station , '' he said . `` An investigation is still ongoing . '' Foul play is not suspected , officials say , but they are not sure why the bodies were not disposed of properly . In Hinduism and some other Indian faiths , funerals are usually conducted by cremation . Officials say the bodies are likely to be at least 20 years old . Another police official said that DNA testing would be conducted on the remains . Opposition lawmakers have called for an in-depth investigation . Bharatiya Janata Party state legislator Pankaj Gupta told the Hindustan Times that his party `` will take up the issue with the chief minister and organize a movement on this issue . '' The discovery comes two weeks after around 80 skeletons and decayed bodies surfaced in the Ganges , India 's holiest river , in the district .
Workers discovered dozens of body parts in a disused room in a police station in northern India . Foul play is not suspected , but officials are unsure why the bodies were not disposed of properly . Score: 6