HC directs Tiruchi hospital dean to conduct re-autopsy

The Madras High Court today directed the Dean/Chief Medical Officer, Tiruchirappalli Government Medical College Hospital, to conduct the re-post-mortem of the body of a boy on a plea from his father to this effect besides seeking transfer of the investigation of his death from police to CBI.
Justice K Kalyanasundaram said the order was being passed in the light of a judgment passed by the court in an HCP earlier and directed the Tiruchirappalli Government Medical College Hospital Dean, where the body is presently kept, to conduct re-post-mortem in the presence of the Thanjavur Medical College Dean on or before January 2.

The process should be recorded by a government approved video photographer, the judge added.
With reference to the plea on transferring the case to CBI, the judge posted the matter for further hearing to January 22 and ordered issue of notice to Additional Government Pleader R Sanjay Gandhi directing him to file the counter by then.
When the matter came up on December 27, the judge directed to keep the boy's body in the mortuary till today.
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.

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.