No pesticide in Kalabhavan Mani's body
Mani's brother RLV Ramakrishnan told DC that the new finding had aroused suspicion.
Thrissur: The police investigating the mysterious death of Kalabhavan Mani received the test reports of the actor’s viscera samples from Central Forensic Lab in Hyderabad on Sunday. Though the officers have not revealed its content, police sources said the presence of pesticides including chlorpyrifos, found by the regional government lab at Kakkanad earlier, was marked ‘nil’.
The Central Forensic Lab in Hyderabad has found traces of methanol or methyl alcohol in actor Kalabhavan Mani;s viscera samples. There was some confusion on the amount of methanol, and it would be clarified with the lab on Monday.
The special medical team to verify test reports would reach a conclusion on Monday or Tuesday if the presence of methanol were above normal, they said. Meanwhile, Mani’s brother RLV Ramakrishnan told DC that the new finding had aroused suspicion.
"The investigating team will be briefing us on the latest lab report, and we will ask them to conduct another test at Kakkanad. It is quite strange that the central lab could not find pesticides," he said insisting that it was not a natural death. He also said that the investigating team would most probably be reaching a conclusion that due to the liver ailment, methanol accumulated in his body. "We are not going to buy it," he said.