Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Aug 22: The death of Sri Lakshmivara Theertha Swamiji of Shiroor Math here on July 19 this year, unexpectedly at a time the Swamiji was at loggerheads with the Swamijis of other Maths, had given rise to several suspicions and theories. On Tuesday, all the speculations came to a full stop after it transpired that the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) at Mangaluru, in its report, concluded that the Swamiji's death was caused by natural causes. Sources said that the report mentions that no traces of poison were found in the body of Swamiji.
The police have handed over the said report to experts of forensic science laboratory at KMC Hospital Manipal, who have already issued post-mortem report. It might take a few days for the doctors to compare the findings of the two reports and come to a final conclusion, it is learnt.
In its post-mortem report, KMC Hospital had not mentioned about finding of any poisonous substance in the Swamiji's mortal remains. In its eight-page report, the doctors had commented that a final decision would be arrived at after the report of the FSL of the government was received. Therefore, all the suspicions and doubts in the issue are likely to end in a few days from now.
Experts of FSL feel that the suspicion expressed by KMC hospital's medical superintendent Dr Avinash Shetty on July 19 about the presence of poisonous substance in the Swamiji's body might have been caused because of an error in translation. There is chance of undigested food turning poisonous because of the rupture of the liver, and finding of small traces of poison arising out of this development would have been wrongly translated as ingestion of poisonous substance, it is felt. It may be noted that as per post-mortem report and also the FSL report, no poisonous substance was found during the tests.
Several, including Pejawar Swamiji, have expressed the opinion that Shiroor Swamiji's death would have been caused on account of liver damage. The report had mentioned about death caused by failure of organs.