Mumbai: The post-mortem report of Anuj Thapan, accused in the Firin incident that took place outside actor Salman Khan's Bandra house on April 14, has confirmed that he died due to hanging as there were injury marks on the neck and marks of suffocation. , a Mumba police official said on Friday.
Later in the day, his relatives refused to accept the body, claiming that Thapan was "tortured and murdered" and demanded a CBI inquiry.
Thapan, who was nabbed from Punjab along with his associate Sonu Bishnoi on April 26 and is accused of supplying firearms and bullets for the firing incident, was lodged in the crime branch lock-up at the Commissionerate complex in Crawford Market on Wednesday. found dead. ,
According to the police, he had allegedly hanged himself with a bedsheet in the lock-up toilet.
“The post-mortem was conducted at the government-run JJ Hospital in Byculla on Thursday evening,” the police officer said.According to the report, there are injury marks on the neck and marks of suffocation, which confirm that he died due to hanging.
He said the doctors who conducted the post-mortem have reserved their opinion, while the viscera, tissue and other samples of the deceased have been preserved for forensic and chemical analysis and the organs for histopathology.
Another officer said, "Lock-up CCTV footage shows Thapan going to the toilet alone. It is a clear case of suicide."
Meanwhile, Thapan's maternal grandfather Jashwant Singh (54), two relatives and a lawyer, who arrived here early in the morning from Punjab, refused to claim his body and demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation.Singh said, "We were asked to claim the body. On our request, when the hospital staff showed us her face, we found injury marks on the neck. Seeing these marks, we are clear that she was tortured." After giving it, he was murdered."
“We will not accept the body until the demands (of a CBI probe) are met. If they are accepted, we will claim the body by tomorrow.There should be a CBI inquiry and the police personnel involved in the death should be punished,” Singh added.
Singh said, the police had called them (family) at 3 pm on Wednesday to inform them about Thapan's death.
According to the police, four people including Thapan, Sonu Bishnoi, shooter Sagar Pal and Vic Gupta have been arrested in connection with the firing incident, while gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his brother Anmol Bishnoi have been shown as wanted accused.
Later in the day, his relatives refused to accept the body, claiming that Thapan was "tortured and murdered" and demanded a CBI inquiry.
Thapan, who was nabbed from Punjab along with his associate Sonu Bishnoi on April 26 and is accused of supplying firearms and bullets for the firing incident, was lodged in the crime branch lock-up at the Commissionerate complex in Crawford Market on Wednesday. found dead. ,
According to the police, he had allegedly hanged himself with a bedsheet in the lock-up toilet.
“The post-mortem was conducted at the government-run JJ Hospital in Byculla on Thursday evening,” the police officer said.According to the report, there are injury marks on the neck and marks of suffocation, which confirm that he died due to hanging.
He said the doctors who conducted the post-mortem have reserved their opinion, while the viscera, tissue and other samples of the deceased have been preserved for forensic and chemical analysis and the organs for histopathology.
Another officer said, "Lock-up CCTV footage shows Thapan going to the toilet alone. It is a clear case of suicide."
Meanwhile, Thapan's maternal grandfather Jashwant Singh (54), two relatives and a lawyer, who arrived here early in the morning from Punjab, refused to claim his body and demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation.Singh said, "We were asked to claim the body. On our request, when the hospital staff showed us her face, we found injury marks on the neck. Seeing these marks, we are clear that she was tortured." After giving it, he was murdered."
“We will not accept the body until the demands (of a CBI probe) are met. If they are accepted, we will claim the body by tomorrow.There should be a CBI inquiry and the police personnel involved in the death should be punished,” Singh added.
Singh said, the police had called them (family) at 3 pm on Wednesday to inform them about Thapan's death.
According to the police, four people including Thapan, Sonu Bishnoi, shooter Sagar Pal and Vic Gupta have been arrested in connection with the firing incident, while gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his brother Anmol Bishnoi have been shown as wanted accused.
