The Uttar Pradesh government is on the defensive, with Opposition parties quick to question the police's suicide theory - blaming the Mayawati govvernment for trying to hush up the case.
Giving the details of the report of the autopsy on the body of deputy Chief Medical Officer Y S Sachan, Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh said the death was caused by "excessive bleeding" and that prima facie it was a case of suicide.
"Prima facie it's a case of suicide, but as judicial inquiry is being conducted into the incidents the facts will come out soon. As the judicial inquiry has already started it
is not appropriate to reach any conclusion," he said, rejecting the demand for a CBI probe.
In the autopsy, nine injury marks were detected on the body--neck, elbows, thigh and left wrist--besides a strangulation mark on the neck. The post-mortem was conducted within 24 hours after his body was found, Singh said.
"A sharp blade, which Sachan probably used to slit his veins was recovered from the spot and has been taken as the evidence," he said.
Sachan was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the toilet of the Lucknow jail hospital last night with the police claiming it to be a case of suicide.
The Opposition alleged that Sachan, the main accused in CMO B P Singh murder case, was "murdered" to save two former ministers of the Mayawati government and those involved in the killing of two Chief Medical Officers.
The state government besides ordering a judicial inquiry and suspended the jailor and four other staffers.
"Excessive bleeding is the cause of death in the postmortem. The viscera of Sachan has also been preserved", Singh said.
The cabinet secretary said the post-mortem was conducted by a panel of five doctors in the presence of Sachan's family members at mortuary premises and the entire procedure was videographed.
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