Just found out that there was a similar incident back in 2015 where they found more than 100 dead bodies in Ganges in the same region. It was also reported by BBC. Now I am wondering if BBC conveniently forgot that and went far back to 1918, just so that they can compare India's current situation to Spanish flu?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30808745

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unnao_dead_bodies_row