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Can t hand over body without completing post-mortem formalities: police

District Police Chief, SP Shekhar Prabhudesai, told The Goan that since Suchitra s death is a medical legal case, her body can be handed over to her relatives only after a post-mortem examination.

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 He, however, claimed that the Udayvar family wants the police and hospital authorities to waive off the post mortem examination and hand over the body. “The police cannot hand over the body since it is a police case. The body cannot be handed over to the relatives without a post-mortem examination,” SP Prabhudesai said. Subhash Udayvar, however, sought to know why the authorities are insisting on the post-mortem examination when he and his son and daughter does not suspect any foul play in Suchitra s death. “You know it would be difficult to carry the body to a long distance after the post-mortem. When we do not have any suspicion, I fail to understand why the police are insisting on a post-mortem,” Subhash said.
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Hospicio blames cops for delay

Commenting on the controversy, Hospicio Medical Superintendent, Dr Ira Almeida said that Suchitra s body has not been hand over to her husband for the simple reason that the police had written to the hospital not to do so.

The Goan Network
Published Apr 29, 2016, 5:30 AM IST
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MARGAO “The hospital had received a letter from Margao police at around 1 am on April 19 with a request not to hand over the dead body to the relatives. Till date, the hospital has not received any other letter from the Margao police to hand over the body to her relatives,” Dr Ira asserted, even as the Udayvar family produced before the media a copy of the letter written by Margao police to the hospital on April 19 to hand over the body to her relatives. On April 20, Dr…

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