AMRITSAR/NEW DELHI: Indian doctors who conducted a second autopsy on Sarabjit Singh
said on Friday the nature and severity of injuries proved that the
assailants had attacked the death row convict with an intention to kill
him. He was hit by heavy blunt objects by more than two persons and
succumbed to serious head injuries.
The postmortem was conducted by a team of doctors at the civil hospital in Tarn Taran district shortly after his body was flown from Lahore on Thursday night. The doctors found organs like stomach, heart, gall bladder and the two kidneys — which are vital for conducting autopsy — missing from Sarabjit's body. The missing of the organs led to conspiracy theories about Pakistan trying to hide facts as usually only samples of these organs are required to conduct postmortem examination.
According to Dr Gurmanjit Rai, head of department, forensic medicine at civil hospital in Tarn Taran district where a second autopsy was conducted on the arrival of the body to re-ascertain the cause of death, they received only a one-page death certificate from Jinnah hospital and not the postmortem report. "The death certificate said 'severe head injury' and cardio-pulmonary arrest caused death," said Rai. He added that the nature of injuries pointed to Sarabjit having been hit by heavy blunt objects which led to massive head injuries. The doctors have sought a detailed medical report from Jinnah Hospital, including treatment given to Sarabjit, hospital records and the post-mortem report.
Dr Sudhir Gupta, additional professor, forensic medicine and toxicology at AIIMS said that missing of organs is usually seen in a case where the cause of death is evident, particularly due to criminal blunt assault and further confirmed with the clinical reports. "The gross samples of the organs are often taken out for further histopathology, histochemistry and forensic chemical examination. In some cases, where the body is to be airlifted, internal organs are also removed during embalming to reduce the chances of infection," he said.
Forensic experts said the motive was to "kill the person" and there might be more than two attackers as Sarabjit Singh was a healthy person and his body bore multiple injury marks.
"One person couldn't have killed him like this," he said adding that the their findings included fracture of the skull, mandible (jawbone), and three ribs on left side and two on right side besides injuries on head, lips, ears and bruises on back of the shoulders. The injuries seemed to be 6-7 days' old, the doctors said.
(With inputs from Durgesh Nandan Jha)
The postmortem was conducted by a team of doctors at the civil hospital in Tarn Taran district shortly after his body was flown from Lahore on Thursday night. The doctors found organs like stomach, heart, gall bladder and the two kidneys — which are vital for conducting autopsy — missing from Sarabjit's body. The missing of the organs led to conspiracy theories about Pakistan trying to hide facts as usually only samples of these organs are required to conduct postmortem examination.
According to Dr Gurmanjit Rai, head of department, forensic medicine at civil hospital in Tarn Taran district where a second autopsy was conducted on the arrival of the body to re-ascertain the cause of death, they received only a one-page death certificate from Jinnah hospital and not the postmortem report. "The death certificate said 'severe head injury' and cardio-pulmonary arrest caused death," said Rai. He added that the nature of injuries pointed to Sarabjit having been hit by heavy blunt objects which led to massive head injuries. The doctors have sought a detailed medical report from Jinnah Hospital, including treatment given to Sarabjit, hospital records and the post-mortem report.
Dr Sudhir Gupta, additional professor, forensic medicine and toxicology at AIIMS said that missing of organs is usually seen in a case where the cause of death is evident, particularly due to criminal blunt assault and further confirmed with the clinical reports. "The gross samples of the organs are often taken out for further histopathology, histochemistry and forensic chemical examination. In some cases, where the body is to be airlifted, internal organs are also removed during embalming to reduce the chances of infection," he said.
Forensic experts said the motive was to "kill the person" and there might be more than two attackers as Sarabjit Singh was a healthy person and his body bore multiple injury marks.
"One person couldn't have killed him like this," he said adding that the their findings included fracture of the skull, mandible (jawbone), and three ribs on left side and two on right side besides injuries on head, lips, ears and bruises on back of the shoulders. The injuries seemed to be 6-7 days' old, the doctors said.
(With inputs from Durgesh Nandan Jha)
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sarabjit-Singhs-missing-organs-fuel-conspiracy-theories/articleshow/19873140.cms
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