KERALA GOVERNMENT HANDS OVER KALABHAVAN MANI CASE TO
CBI
The
Kerala government on Saturday announced its decision to hand over the case of
actor Kalabhavan Mani's death to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A
notification was issued by the Home secretary based on the recommendation of
the state DGP.Mani's family members had earlier approached the state government
seeking a CBI probe into his death which occurred under strange circumstances.
According to reports, the family members wanted the probe to be investigated by
an agency which was not influenced by any external elements.
The
development comes in the wake of a lab report confirming the presence of highly
toxic methyl alcohol, also called methanol in his body. The lab reports from
Hyderabad mentioned that high content of spurious liquor was present in his
blood samples.The police team probing the death of the actor reportedly got the
lab report from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Hyderabad.Earlier,
a lab report had stated that toxic pesticide Chlorpyrifos was there in Mani's
body, which was ruled out in the report.Mani passed away at a hospital in Kochi
on March 6. The 45-year-old had been hospitalised for liver ailment where he
was admitted in the ICU in a critical condition.
Prof. John Kurakar
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