BJYM activist's autopsy report indicates death by hanging

Kolkata: The autopsy report of BJYM activist Arjun Chourasia, conducted by Command Hospital here and submitted to Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, indicated his death was by hanging and the ligature mark on his neck was ante-mortem in nature. The Union of India submitted the post-mortem report in a sealed cover before a division bench presided by Chief Justice Prakash Shrivastava. The autopsy was conducted as per an order of the court passed on Friday. The bench, also comprising Justice R Bharadwaj, noted in its order that the findings relating to the cause of death of Chourasia is “hanging” and the ligature mark on his neck is “ante-mortem”. It ordered that the post-mortem report be handed over to Advocate General S N Mookherjee representing the West Bengal government. It directed that the viscera sample be handed over to police authority concerned. Crying foul following the discovery of Chourasia’s body in an abandoned railway quarter at Kashipur in north Kolkata on 6 May, his family members had moved the high court seeking that the autopsy be conducted at Command Hospital of the armed forces.

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