CBI in its closure report says Sachan killed himself

Basing its findings on evidence and opinion of forensic experts,the agency rubbished the findings of a panel of five doctors who conducted the autopsy and held that Dr Sachan’s death was caused due to shock and haemorrhage from eight incised ante-mortem wounds,and that the ligature mark on Dr Sachan’s neck was caused by post-mortem hanging.

On the contrary,the CBI said that a board of doctors from AIIMS in Delhi held that Dr Sachan’s death was caused due to ante-mortem hanging,associated with multiple suicidal wounds. There was no evidence to show that it was homicide,the report said.

Dr Sachan was found dead in an unlit first-floor toilet of the jail late evening. His body had eight wounds,and rested on the toilet seat,with his belt around his neck and the other end tied to the ventilator.

While the government said Dr Sachan had committed suicide,his family alleged that he had been killed to protect influential people behind the murder of the two CMOs,and demanded a CBI inquiry.

A judicial inquiry,which the government ordered,held that Dr Sachan’s death was homicide and not suicide. Later,on July 14 last year,the Allahabad High Court,on a PIL,ordered a CBI probe.