Udupi: As the Manipal KMC doctors who gave the postmortem report on the death of Shiroor Swamiji confirmed the presence of poisonous substance in blood, urine and stomach of the Swamiji, the death of the Swamiji was not natural as said earlier, said advocate Ravi Kiran Murdeshwar.

Speaking at a programme in memory of the Swamiji, organised by the Spandana School for Specially Abled Children at Uppur in the taluk on Friday, he mentioned the 1115 page final investigation report submitted to the Kundapur AC by investigating officer Belliyappa on August 28, 2018 and said as per the Toxicology report, poisonous substances were found in the samples of blood, urine and stomach of the Swamiji. It was also mentioned in the postmortem report. KMC associate professor and Forensic expert Dr Ashwin Kumar and Dr Anitha S also confirmed the presence of the poison in their report, he said.

After the death of the Swamiji On July 19, KMC Medical superintendent Dr Avinash Shetty also confirmed the presence of poison in the blood of Swamiji and he justified his statement with the investigating officer in his letter correspondence on August 13, he disclosed.

When Dr Avinash Shetty was asked as to how he has confirmed the poison in the blood, the doctor said that he found the poisonous substance in the blood through Tinlayer Chromotograhy test and not through imagination and all these were mentioned in the report, he said.

Final report is not good

Based on the postmortem report and FSL report, the investigating officer has mentioned in his report that it was a natural death and closed the entire case. Keeping in mind the disputes around the Swamiji, decision to move the court, and lodge complaint, the final report was fabricated and concluded the death as natural. But it was not a natural death, he said.

Such cases won't have time limit

The swamiji's death case is not a closed chapter. The documents related to the case are still alive. Any murder and unnatural death cases would not have time limit. It could be opened any time by giving a police complaint or moving the high court, he said.

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