Delhi gang-rape accused Ram Singh not killed: Postmortem report - Times of India

NEW DELHI: Tihar authorities have sent preliminary reports to the Union home ministry describing the death of Nirbhaya gang-rape accused Ram Singh as "an apparent case of suicide" even as the postmortem examination has ruled out the possibility of murder, according to sources. A senior AIIMS doctor who conducted the examination told TOI that Singh had died due to hanging. "There were no injuries on the victim's body, internal or external, other than the ligature mark. No suggestions of intoxication either. All organs were healthy," the doctor said. Ram Singh's clothes were also found to be intact, one of the doctors who had conducted the postmortem said. The doctor also felt that Singh's deformity in the right arm not severe enough to make him unable to hang himself. Meanwhile, Tihar authorities, conducting an internal probe into Singh's death, have found that he was separated from his cellmates at night by an iron grill door w ithin the cell, which is ordinarily kept open. "The probe has now been stalled as the magistrate is conducting an inquiry which will include lapses on part of the jail authorities and all other details. But the findings of our initial probe has revealed that Singh was on one side of the iron grill door and the other inmates were on the other side," said a source in jail. Officials refused to comment on whether the iron grill door was locked or open at the time of the incident. "This will be part of the findings of the magisterial inquiry. How the inmates choose to sleep within the jail is their internal arrangement and the other inmates of the cell will be questioned regarding this," added the source. A doctor who conducted Singh's postmortem said the body had signs consistent with that of hanging. "There were signs of asphyxia - bluishness in the hand and legs," he said. "Death due to hanging involves choking around the area of the windpipe and voice box, so that the person can't shout. It is so rapid that the person gets unconscious in minutes," the doctor said. The postmortem was conducted by a team of five doctors from the forensic department of AIIMS including Dr D N Bhardwaj and Dr Sudhir Gupta. Sources said that the anal swab of the victim - an essential procedure to confirm sodomy - has been preserved. Meanwhile, the jail administration has to submit a separate report to the Saket fast-track court as part of procedure. Superintendent of jail number 3, where Singh was lodged, submitted a preliminary two-page report on Singh's death on Tuesday to the court, and has reportedly asked for two more days to submit a detailed report of their findings. The postmortem report, which states that there are no ante-mortem injuries on Singh's body will form part of the report which they will submit to the court. "This is part of regular procedure for the death of an undertrial prisoner which has to be submitted to c ourt. It will only be a fact-finding report on the death which will have the postmortem report as well, submitted by jail superintendent concerned. The detailed report concerning how the death took place etc will be part of the magisterial inquiry," said DG (Prisons) Vimla Mehra to TOI. The NHRC too has asked its director general (investigation) to inquire into Ram Singh's death. A statement said that NHRC received intimation about Singh's death from the superintendent of Tihar's jail number 3. Ram Singh's brother, who came to claim his body at AIIMS, said he saw finger marks on the neck and other injury marks on the body which were contrary to the postmortem findings. The family said they will take the body to their native village in Karauli in Rajasthan for the last rites. The cremation took place on Tuesday evening, police said. via Top Stories - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGOiFOAGIflzKlLacPPtvYGMfMmQw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-gang-rape-accused-Ram-Singh-not-killed-Postmortem-report/articleshow/18940204.cms

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