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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | RTI activist’s autopsy report: Injuries could be self-inflicted by Milind Ghatwai

RTI activist’s autopsy report: Injuries could be self-inflicted by Milind Ghatwai

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published Published on Aug 17, 2011   modified Modified on Aug 17, 2011

Speculations were rife over the motive behind the killing of Shehla Masood. Even as her family demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident, the police said that they were exploring all angles, including suicide.

The activist’s body was found on Tuesday in her car, parked in front of her house in Koh-e-fiza locality, hours before she was to lead a campaign in support of Anna Hazare. There were no eyewitnesses and no one heard any gun shot, at least no one had come forward till late on Wednesday, the police said. The preliminary post mortem report submitted to the authorities on Wednesday did not use the word suicide but suggested that the injuries could only be self-inflicted.

Submitted by the Medico Legal Institute (MLI), attached to the government-run Hamidia Hospital, the report said: Only one bullet was fired; the fire was not from outside; when the shot was fired the car doors were closed; the shot was fired from a very close range; the trachea was completely damaged. MLI director Dr B S Badkur said that there were no signs of struggle. He said he had not drawn any conclusion because reports were awaited whether there were any traces of gun-powder on the hand.

No weapon was found inside the car. The police had reached the scene of crime 25 minutes after the incident and had found the body in the seat adjacent to the driver’s in the Santro car. “We moved her because we could feel the pulse and wanted to take her to the hospital in the same car,” her cousin Rahil said.

The police said they had asked occupants of nearby houses, but no one had heard any sound or seen anyone near the vehicle.

In her late 30s, Shehla had filed several applications under the RTI in GAD, Mines and Minerals and Forests departments over the last few years. There were speculations that she was on the way to the Income Tax office for an appeal under the RTI after her earlier applications seeking information against a BJP leader and a medical college owner were rejected.

The Indian Express, 18 August, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rti-activists-autopsy-report-injuries-could-be-selfinflicted/833609/


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