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Sivarajan died of heart disease, says report

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JAN. 21 . Dog trainer K. Sivarajan, 48, who was arrested by the Poojappura police on January 16, died in custody owing to "occlusive heart disease", according to the post-mortem examination report.

The police arrested him on the charge of drunken and riotous behaviour on January 16 evening.

According to them, he collapsed at 8.30 a.m. on January 17, while having breakfast at the station. He was rushed in a police vehicle to the General Hospital where he was pronounced dead on admission.

A case of unnatural death was registered and inquest conducted by the Revenue Divisional Officer.

Tape handed over

The post-mortem was conducted at the Medical College Hospital on January 17 by the Deputy Police Surgeon, and a lecturer in forensic medicine, N. A. Balaram. It was taped on video and the cassette handed over to the Magistrate.

The doctors found a contusion on the left side of Sivarajan's head, and an abrasion on the middle finger of his left hand. The report said that the injuries had not caused his death.

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