The viscera received by the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology of the Institute of Medical Sciences of India (AIIMS) are “of very little quantity and degenerate”, as revealed to IANS highly located sources in AIIMS.
As of Friday night, the viscera, which hold the key to determining the cause of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, were being examined at AIIMS forensic department in New Delhi.
“The viscera have degenerated. That makes chemical and toxicological analysis very difficult,” the sources added.
While various media outlets have questioned the Mumbai police position that the actor had committed suicide, analysis of the viscera can now unravel the mystery surrounding the actor’s death.
To confirm whether Sushant died of suspected poisoning or drug overdose, the viscera analysis has become the most crucial test for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its medico-legal investigation into the death of the Bollywood star.
After conducting the autopsy on June 15, the medical board of five doctors at Cooper Hospital in Mumbai cited “hanging” as the probable cause of Sushant’s death.
However, they still kept the viscera for further investigation. The board included three doctors from the Cooper Postmortem Center: Sandeep Ingale, Pravin Khandare and Ganesh Patil and two associate professors of forensic medicine in Mumbai.
The organ meats, which generally contain internal body parts such as the liver, pancreas and intestine, were preserved in a bottle and turned over to the police. Subsequently, the viscera sample was sent for analysis to the forensic science laboratories to rule out poisoning or intoxication in the event of death.
Following instructions from the Supreme Court, the investigation of the case was handed over to the IWC.
Mumbai police had questioned several witnesses, carried out forensic surveys but failed to analyze the crucial sample of viscera. Subsequently, at the request of the IWC, AIIMS top forensic experts were asked to examine the lapses in the initial investigations, mainly the forensic aspects. The experts also received the viscera sample.
The AIIMS team led by one of India’s leading forensic experts, Sudhir Gupta, was asked to find out any tampering with evidence at the crime scene or omission of any forensic signal by the Mumbai police or the panel of doctors who made the charge. -mortem.
AIIMS experts were flown from Delhi to Mumbai to conduct an on-site assessment of the sequence of events and examine documents related to forensic science.
Early next week, forensic experts from AIIMS and CBI officials will hold a conclusive discussion on the cause of death of Sushant Singh Rajput, who was reportedly found hanging in the bedroom of his duplex apartment in Bandra. June 14.
Meanwhile, a senior IPS official in the Mumbai police said that every effort was made to preserve all forensic samples, documentary evidence and other materials related to the case.
“We have been investigating several sensitive and high-profile cases. Mumbai police are completely professional when it comes to the quality of the investigation,” the officer said.
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