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The Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) probe into Swami Nigamananda death case has been slowed down because the Central Forensic Laboratory has been delaying the seer’s viscera test report. Despite having written to the CFL several times, the CBI is yet to get the report. The agency is waiting for the report to ascertain the actual cause of the Nigamananda’s death.
Last month the agency had sent a priority letter to the CFL, New Delhi, requesting for Nigamananda’s viscera sample report to be prepared soon. “We are waiting for Nigamananda’s viscera test reports, which will decide the further course of action in the case. A priority letter has been sent to the CFL and we are expecting the report soon,” CBI Superintendent of Police, Nilabh Kishore, said.
The agency which had taken over the case from Haridwar Police has filed an FIR against the then Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Haridwar District Hospital PK Bhatnagar for allegedly conspiring with Gyanesh Kumar Agrawal of Himalayan stone crushers and others to kill the 36-year-old seer.
Swami Nigamananda had died in the Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) in Jolly Grant on June 13, after a four-month fast against quarrying in Ganga bed. Following allegations by Sadhus on Matra Sadan that Nigamananda was given poison while he was under treatment in Haridwar district hospital, Nigamananda’s body was sent for post-mortem to Doon Hospital.
Founder head of Matra Sadan, Swami Shivanand, however, raised questions about the authenticity of the report and also alleged that the viscera samples collected there may have been tampered, because of the pressure from the State Government.
Though the post-mortem report of Nigamananda had stated coma, septicaemia and degenerative brain disorder as the cause of his death, Shivanand had alleged that Nigamananda died of poisoning by a lethal injection that he was administered on April 30, allegedly at the behest of quarrying mafia in the State.
Following insistence from Matra Sadan, the Haridwar district administration ordered for a repeat post-mortem of the seer’s body before his burial on June 16. A panel of doctors, headed by then Chief Medical Officer (Haridwar) Dr Yogesh Chandra Sharma, collected fresh viscera samples from Nigamananda’s body at Matra Sadan Ashram, where the had been kept before burial. The samples were later sent to the Central Forensic Laboratory in New Delhi.
Last month the agency had sent a priority letter to the CFL, New Delhi, requesting for Nigamananda’s viscera sample report to be prepared soon. “We are waiting for Nigamananda’s viscera test reports, which will decide the further course of action in the case. A priority letter has been sent to the CFL and we are expecting the report soon,” CBI Superintendent of Police, Nilabh Kishore, said.
The agency which had taken over the case from Haridwar Police has filed an FIR against the then Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Haridwar District Hospital PK Bhatnagar for allegedly conspiring with Gyanesh Kumar Agrawal of Himalayan stone crushers and others to kill the 36-year-old seer.
Swami Nigamananda had died in the Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) in Jolly Grant on June 13, after a four-month fast against quarrying in Ganga bed. Following allegations by Sadhus on Matra Sadan that Nigamananda was given poison while he was under treatment in Haridwar district hospital, Nigamananda’s body was sent for post-mortem to Doon Hospital.
Founder head of Matra Sadan, Swami Shivanand, however, raised questions about the authenticity of the report and also alleged that the viscera samples collected there may have been tampered, because of the pressure from the State Government.
Though the post-mortem report of Nigamananda had stated coma, septicaemia and degenerative brain disorder as the cause of his death, Shivanand had alleged that Nigamananda died of poisoning by a lethal injection that he was administered on April 30, allegedly at the behest of quarrying mafia in the State.
Following insistence from Matra Sadan, the Haridwar district administration ordered for a repeat post-mortem of the seer’s body before his burial on June 16. A panel of doctors, headed by then Chief Medical Officer (Haridwar) Dr Yogesh Chandra Sharma, collected fresh viscera samples from Nigamananda’s body at Matra Sadan Ashram, where the had been kept before burial. The samples were later sent to the Central Forensic Laboratory in New Delhi.
