Mystery as rotted human skeleton found in hospital lift which hasn’t been opened for 24 years

A HUMAN skeleton has mysteriously been found at the bottom of a hospital lift that has not been used for more than two decades. Engineers were carrying out repair work on the lift – which has been broken for 24 years – at the OPEC Hospital in India when they made the gruesome discovery. NewsflashWorkers were shocked to find a human skeleton at the bottom of the lift[/caption] The identity of the person found dead in the lift is unknown – but police have revealed the remains belong to a man. Authorities have sent DNA from the remains to a laboratory to be tested. Police are now searching through missing person reports from 24 years ago in the Uttar Pradesh area, according to local media outlet India Today, in a bid to identify the remains. Construction work on the hospital began back in 1991 and the lift was operational until it broke down in 1997, according to the cops. Since then, it has not been in use but hospital bosses decided that it was about time that it was repaired. But when workers opened the lift up on September 1 and had a look beneath it, they were shocked to discover human skeleton. Most read in The Sun WATCH 4 FREE Raducanu's US Open final clash will be shown live for FREE on Channel 4 back with a bang Towie returns with explosive brawl as Chloe and Lockie's fling is exposed IN COLD BLOOD Moment gangster flees after executing Kinky Boots star's bro over £400k debt Arnott amused Line of Duty's Martin Compston refuses to stand for Joan Collins at NTAs THROWING SHADE Neighbours 'prisoners in own homes' after 6ft fence BLOCKS their windows FOXY LADY The Chase's Jenny Ryan almost unrecognisable as she appears at the NTAs It is unclear how the person died and why their corpse was in the lift in the first place. Police spokesperson Deependra Nath Choudhary said: “If any written complaint is given in the matter, we will register a case. “At present, the police are investigating several angles. To solve the mystery of the male skeleton, 24 police stations in the district have been deployed.” The investigation is ongoing.