Sushant Singh Rajput Death: Lawyer Vikas Singh Pens Letter Raising Questions Over SSR's Autopsy Report; Team Responds

As per India Today, team that conducted autopsy on Sushant Singh Rajput has answered family lawyer Vikas Singh’s questions he raised on late actor’s post-mortem report

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Sushant Singh Rajput Death: Lawyer Vikas Singh Pens Letter Raising Questions Over SSR's Autopsy Report; Team Responds
Sushant Singh Rajput allegedly ended his life on June 14 and the actor's post-mortem was reportedly conducted by Mumbai’s Cooper hospital. Later a special Team of doctors from AIIMS analyzed the autopsy report and ruled out murder, saying SSR indeed die by suicide. However later, Sushant’s family lawyer Vikas Singh raised questions against the report submitted to CBI by the 6-member AIIMS team and slammed the doctors for missing out on important details like time and others. Vikas Singh had sent a letter to the CBI asking them several questions about the report that ruled out murder in the death. 

Replying to Vikas Singh's question about conducting post-mortem after sundown on June 14, team told India Today said, “Police officials came to us with the inquest and requested the post-mortem be done, so it was done at that hour. There is no rule that post-mortem cannot be performed at night. A circular issued in 2013 allows post-mortem at night.” When asked if the magistrate authorized Sushant's post-mortem after sundown, the team said, “ A magistrate's permission is only required in cases that are under Section 176 of CrPC, like custodial death, riots, etc. This case is under Section 174 of CrPC, where police have the powers to request for post-mortem and as per police's inquest, a post-mortem is done.

When asked about who all from SSR’s family were present during the post-mortem, team said, “A 3: We don't remember who all from the family were present during the post-mortem. Police came with Sushant Singh Rajput's sister's signed statement and requested the post-mortem. It was later on that Sushant Singh Rajput's brother-in-law, ADG Haryana Police (OP Singh) and sister reached the post-mortem centre.” Replying to Vikas Singh’s question of not mentioning time of death in the autopsy report, team told India today, “The Mumbai Police had raised questions regarding the time of death and it was mentioned in the next detailed report that it was 10 to 12 hours before the post-mortem.”
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Not only that, team was also questioned about the duration of post-mortem. When the team was asked that unnatural deaths like Sushant usually take 2-3 hours and how was it completed in 90 minutes, they told India Today, “A general post-mortem takes a minimum of one hour, but there is no time limit as such. We performed the post-mortem in one and a half hours and preserved the viscera after examining the body.” (ALSO READ: Sushant Singh Rajput Death: MP Woman Claims To Have Vital Information On Actor’s Demise; Seeks Security From Police)





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