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Mumbai: Experts yet to rule out foul play
Updated On: 03 May, 2024 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Vinod Kumar Menon
Forensic officials find ‘ligature marks around neck’, have preserved Thapan’s organs to rule out all possibilities
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JJ hospital in Mumbai. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
On Thursday, an autopsy was performed on Anuj Thapan at the state-run JJ postmortem centre. The autopsy surgeons did not find any injury marks on the body and ruled out any form of physical assault or trauma. “Evidence of ligature mark at the neck with signs of asphyxia” was given as the preliminary reason for death. The forensic surgeons have preserved the viscera for chemical analysis to rule out any poisoning and the organs are preserved for histopathology tests to rule out ailments.
The forensic surgeons from the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology were waiting for a magistrate’s inquest, as required by law for custodial deaths. The report was received on Thursday afternoon. A team of forensic surgeons, including a lecturer, an associate professor, and two residents, conducted the autopsy, which lasted over two hours. In cases of custodial deaths, the magistrate leads the inquiry, while the State Criminal Investigation Department (Pune) investigates to determine if there was any mistreatment or wrongdoing.
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