The public interest over the recent custodial death of Tamir Jifri at the Tanur police station and the subsequent investigation into it has had a twist on Saturday, with the police raising a finger of accusation against the forensic surgeon who led the post-mortem of the victim on August 1.
The post-mortem report was an indictment of police brutality. The report mentioned that all wounds and contusions that Tamir had suffered were from police torture. Pushed to a corner, a section within the police has raised the allegation that Hitesh Shankar, professor of Forensic Medicine at Government Medical College Hospital, Manjeri, had an axe to grind against the police.
Apart from blaming Dr. Shankar, the police also said that Tamir had died of a heart attack following heavy consumption of drugs.
