No injuries on Journalist’s body who died in connection with Vyapam inquiry

Jhabua: No internal or external injuries were found on the body of TV journalist Akshay Singh, who suddenly took ill and died last weekend while covering the Vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh, according to the post-mortem report.

However, doctors who conducted the autopsy on the body at the Dahod General Hospital in Gujarat have “reserved” their opinion on the cause of death. “There were no internal or external injuries on the body of Akshay as per the post-mortem report received from Dahod where the autopsy was done,” Jhabua SP Abid Khan said on Monday.

A senior police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the 38-year-old scribe had an enlarged heart but refused to elaborate on its reason, saying doctors have “reserved” their opinion on the cause of death and advised to wait for the result of viscera (internal organs) analysis.

Meanwhile, a medical board conducted a post mortem on the body of the dean of Jabalpur Medical College, a day after he was found dead in a hotel under mysterious circumstances even as Delhi Police chief B. S. Bassi said no foul play could be suspected as per initial probe. The top cop said investigators were probing various angles in the case “notwithstanding” the initial reports.