PRIEST DIED A NATURAL DEATH: AUTOPSY REPORT
No external or internal injury found on the priest’s body; viscera report is awaited
A preliminary post-mortem report has not found any internal or external injury on the body of Father Kuriakose Kattuthara suggesting that he died a natural death. A native of Kerala’s Allepy, Kuriakose, 61, was a key witness in the Kerala nun rape case who testified against accused bishop Franco Mulakkal.
JALANDHAR : A preliminary postmortem report has not found any internal or external injury on the body of Father Kuriakose Kattuthara suggesting that he died a natural death.
A native of Kerala’s Allepy, Kuriakose, 61, was a key witness in the Kerala nun rape case who testified against accused bishop Franco Mulakkal. Kuriakose was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Monday in his room on the Catholic Church premises in Dasuya, 40km fr om here.
A four-member board, including Dr Jaswinder Singh (forensic medicine), Dr Kulwinder (medicine), Dr Shalinder (ENT) and Dr Harshpreet Kaur (pathology) on Tuesday conducted an in-camera post-mortem of Kattuthara at the Dasuya civil hospital.
The post-mortem was videographed after Kuriakose’s family said they may seek a second autopsy in Kerala in case they were not satisfied with the report. On Wednesday, Kuriakose’s cousin John Thomas said they will not get the second postmortem done as they were satisfied with in-camera proceedings.
“We have not found any external or internal injury on the body,” said senior medical officer (SMO), Dasuya civil hospital, Dr Devinder Puri, adding the exact reason of the death could be known after they get the viscera report from the Kharar forensic lab. The funeral of Father Kuriakose was held at St Mary’s Forane Church in Pallippuram, Kerala.