HC directs authorities to keep body in mortuary till Dec 29

The Madras High Court today directed the Dean/Chief Medical Officer, Government Medical College Hospital, Tiruchirappalli, to keep the body of a boy in the mortuary, where it is presently kept, till Monday on a plea by the boy's father who raised suspicion over the death and sought a CBI probe.
The father alleged that his son was murdered by his school authorities on December 22 and it was not suicide as was made out to be and sought CBI investigation.
At a special sitting, Justice K.Kalyanasundaram directed the Hospital and Police authorities to preserve the body at the same mortuary till December 29.

The judge also ordered issue of notice to Additional Government Pleader R.Sanjay Gandhi and directed him to file the counter by then.
The petitioner said police had registered a case of suicide inspite of him lodging a complaint that the boy, studying in the 11th standard, was murdered by school authorities.
He alleged that police was supporting the school and said he had no faith in the investigation of local police and sought a direction to transfer the probe to CBI.
He also prayed for a re-postmortem and an interim stay on all further proceedings of the case on the file of the Perambalur Police Station.