‘Sushant’s viscera not preserved properly’: Before final report, AIIMS team hints at ‘negligence’ in SSR case

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IANS

In the latest development in the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the AIIMS forensic team, which is probing evidence tampering, has now suggested that all-important viscera extracted from late actor’s body was not preserved properly.

As per the IANS, the viscera received by the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is “of very less quantity and degenerated”, highly placed sources in AIIMS revealed to IANS.

Meanwhile, the AIIMS team will also meet the Central Bureau of Investigation’s SIT today and is likely to submit its findings today.

Till late Friday evening, the viscera, which holds the key in ascertaining the cause of death of Sushant Singh Rajput, was being tested at the forensic department of AIIMS in New Delhi. “The viscera has degenerated. It makes chemical and toxicological analysis really difficult,” sources added.

This is a significant development as the final report by the AIIMS forensic experts led by Dr Sudhir Gupta doesn’t rule out foul play in the death of the Bollywood actor.

Maha govt, Mumbai police are in dock over SSR death case

If it’s proven, it will be a major blow to the Mumbai police as well as the Maharashtra government because the State Home Minister had openly announced the next day of the actor’s death that it’s a clear cut case of a suicide. No probe was conducted from the homicide perspective.

The AIIMS experts were flown from Delhi to Mumbai to make on the spot assessment of the sequence of events and scrutinise the documents related to forensics.

By early next week, AIIMS forensic experts and CBI officials will hold a conclusive discussion on the cause of death of Sushant Singh Rajput, who was reportedly found hanging in the bedroom of his duplex flat in Bandra on June 14.

However, a senior IPS officer in Mumbai Police said that all possible efforts were made to preserve all forensic samples, documentary evidence and other materials related to the case.

“We have been investigating several sensitive and high profile cases. Mumbai Police are thoroughly professional as far as the quality of investigation is concerned,” the officer said.