Udupi, August 21: The report of the Forensic Science Lab (FSL) on the death of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt reached the Manipal KMC doctors who conducted the post-mortem of the body, on Tuesday and the final report is expected to reach the police by week-end.

The Manipal KMC hospital doctors who conducted the post-mortem of the swamiji who died at the hospital on July 19, have suspected the poisoning. In view of this, there were several doubts over the death of the swamiji. His brother Lathavya Acharya had lodged a complaint at the Hiriyadka police station alleging that it was an unnatural death. Based on his complaint, the police had booked a case and started investigation.

The police have investigated the Shiroor Moola Mutt where the swamiji stayed during his last days. The police also checked the food he had consumed, rooms where he had stayed and even the FSL teams which visited the Moola Mutt twice had collected the samples. Amidst this, the KMC hospital had submitted its post-mortem report to the police on July 30 and said that the final report would be submitted only after getting the FSL report. So, the FSL report has got importance. Now, the FSL Mangaluru Regional office experts have sent the report to the KMC hospital. Manipal KMC hospital experts would study the report in detail and prepare the final report which will be submitted to the police for further action. Sources said that the police might get the final report either on August 27 or 28.

FSL report says it’s natural death?

Sources said that it was mentioned in the FSL report that the death of Shiroor swamiji was natural. Vital organs like kidney, liver and other parts of the swamiji were tested in the laboratory. Now, according to the FSL report, there was no poisonous content in his body and he died naturally, sources said.



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Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.

Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.

Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.

An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.

The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.

A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.

Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."

"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.

"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.

A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.