Madras High Court orders fresh autopsy of fisherman who died at sea
The Hindu
Raj Kiran’s body was recovered and a postmortem conducted at Jaffna Medical College Hospital in Sri Lanka. Later, the body was handed over to the Indian authorities
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ordered a re-postmortem be conducted on the body of a Pudukkottai fisherman who died after falling into the sea when his boat collided with a Sri Lankan naval vessel. The postmortem will be conducted on November 18.
The court passed the order on the petition filed by the fisherman R. Raj Kiran’s wife, R. Brundha, who alleged he was first shot by the Sri Lankan authorities and subsequently the Sri Lankan vessel collided with the boat wantonly.
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