Autopsy put on hold after family's objection
Chandigarh, Oct. 12 -- Four days after IPS officer Y Puran Kumar allegedly shot himself at his Sector 11 residence in Chandigarh, his post-mortem was put on hold following a communication gap between his family and Chandigarh Police on Saturday.
The 52-year-old officer's body was shifted from the mortuary of Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH), Sector 16, to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) around 8am. However, the family objected, claiming that it had been shifted without their knowledge.
In a letter to the Chandigarh DGP Sagar Preet Hooda, IAS officer Amneet P Kumar, the wife of the deceased IPS officer, has accused the Chandigarh Police of illegally and insensitively removing her husband's body from the GMSH mortuary without informing or obtaining consent from the family.
Amneet termed the incident as "inhuman and arbitrary", stating that the police attempted to conduct the post-mortem in secrecy and haste, disregarding both due process and family sentiments. The family had also requested that a ballistic expert and a magistrate be included in the medical board constituted for the autopsy.
Chandigarh DGP, who visited the family's residence, admitted that there had been a communication gap. "We will not proceed with the post-mortem till the family gives its consent. The SSP is accompanying the body and the process will begin only once the family gives a go-ahead," he said.HTC...
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