Police get Shiroor Swamiji’s postmortem report
Waiting for FSL report to ascertain reason for death
Udupi, July 30: The postmortem report of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt reached the police on Monday. But keeping pending the opinion for the reason for the death, it was mentioned about the report of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL).
A team of expert doctors of the KMC hospital which conducted the postmortem on the swamiji, has submitted an eight-page report to SP Lakshman Nimbargi on Monday and in the report, the doctors have given detailed report on liver, kidney, bleeding and other vital organs in the body. But nowhere in the report, they have mentioned the cause for the death. They have kept pending the opinion on the cause of the death and said that they were expecting the FSL report. Soon after getting the FSL report, the doctors would cross-check both the reports and ascertain the reason for the death. But the doctors have not mentioned in their report about the poison, sources said.
Following the submission of the postmortem report, the investigating team held a meeting to discuss the issue. FSL report would take another one month. But the police, without waiting for the FSL report, have continued their investigation into the case. Sources said that the police have once again interrogated a woman who was close to the swamiji.
Because of ill-health, Shiroor swamiji was admitted to Gandhi hospital at Udupi on July 17 at 11 am. Later, he was shifted to KMC hospital on July 18 at 1.05 am for more treatment. But on July 19 at 8.30 am, the swamiji breathed his last at the hospital.
The doctors then said that the swamiji died due to heavy internal bleeding and as per the hospital medical report, the swamiji died because of poisoning. In view of this, Latavya Acharya, brother of Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji, lodged a complaint at Hiriyadka police station. Now, the investigation is going on under the leadership of investigating officer and Karkala DySP Belliyappa.
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Siddaramaiah tells Centre not to punish Karnataka for being progressive
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday underlined the need for justice in the devolution of taxes.
He said no one should milk a milch cow completely, or else the calf would be malnourished.
Addressing people on the occasion of the 69th state formation day at Sree Kanteerava Stadium here, Siddaramaiah said there is injustice happening to Karnataka.
The state is contributing more than Rs four lakh crore as revenue to the Centre and it is the second largest contributor to the Central tax revenue after Maharashtra, he pointed out.
"Even though we give more than Rs four lakh crore, we are only getting Rs 55,000 crore to Rs 60,000 crore. Kannadigas should know this. We are getting 14 to 15 per cent only of our contribution," the chief minister said.
Under the federal system, there should not be any injustice just because Karnataka is a progressive state, he observed.
"Just because a milch cow is giving milk, we should not milk it completely. We should leave some milk for the calf too or else it will malnourish. This no one should ever forget," Siddaramaiah said.
The chief minister emphasised taking pride in Kannada and bringing it in daily use as much as possible.
Stating that Karnataka has people speaking more than 200 languages, Siddaramaiah said, whatever language people speak here or whichever caste or religion they belong to, they all are Kannadigas. Those who consume the air, water and food are Kannadigas, he told the gathering.
He said Kannada is a very old language with a history of 7,000 years. Hence, the Centre too recognised it as a classical language.
Siddaramaiah appealed to the people that they should never sacrifice Kannada language.
"I don't oppose being liberal. I in fact endorse being liberal but not at the cost of sacrificing our language," the chief minister noted.
"Our affection for our language should not be extreme, but we should never give up our pride for our language. We all should be Kannada lover," he added.
For Kannada to grow, people living here must become Kannadigas, Siddaramaiah said.
"I will never say not to learn any other language. Keep enhancing your linguistic wealth but never forget speaking in Kannada," he told people.
He reminded people that November 1 is not only the state formation day but also the anniversary of Mysore state getting the name of Karnataka by the then chief minister, late D Devaraj Urs.
A cultural programme themed around 'Hesarayithu Karnataka, Usiragali Kannada' (the state got the name Karnataka, now Kannada should become the breath) was held on the occasion.
