After father preserves son's body in a freezer for 22 days, autopsy ordered by UP administration
New Delhi, August 25
The police in Uttar Pradesh conducted a second post-mortem investigation of the body of a man, which has been kept in a freezer by his father since his death.
The father, retired Subedar Shivprasad Pathak had refused to perform last rites of his son Shivank, alleging that he was murdered.
Shiv Pratap Pathak, resident of Majhauan village, had kept the body of his Shivank Pathak, 32, in deep freezer at his home for the last 21 days. Shivank died in Delhi on August 1 allegedly under mysterious circumstances.
Shivprasad Pathak took the body to his home in Sultanpur where it has been kept in a deep freezer for the past 22 days.
The police said that the family stated that they will perform Shivank's last rites only after they get justice.
The post-mortem of the body was conducted in Delhi and foul play was ruled out, but the father claimed that his son was murdered and preserved the body in a deep freezer.
Sultanpur District Magistrate Raveesh Gupta had announced on August 23
that a panel of doctors formed under the supervision of the chief medical officer (CMO) of the district will conduct a post-mortem mortem investigation of the body.
The post mortem was ordered by the DM following a meeting with Sultanpur SP.
As per the case details, Shivank went to Delhi in 2012, and started working in a call centre. He met Gurleen Kaur in Delhi and the two got married in 2013.
Shivprasad Pathak alleged that since Shivank had a huge property in his name, his wife was eyeing it. He also claimed that his son was murdered but police did not register any case, and the body was handed over to him after the post-mortem examination in Delhi.
