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No torture mark found on Prof Loni’s body: doctors
QUETTA: Police Surgeon Dr Ayesha Faiz and Medical Superintendent of the Civil Hospital Dr Saleem Abro have rejected the perception that the death of Prof Arman Loni, said to be a member of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement, was caused by police torture and said that during the post-mortem examination no torture mark was found on the body.
However, they said, samples of brain, heart and some other parts of the body had been sent to the Forensic Laboratory, Lahore, to determine the cause of Prof Loni’s death.
Mr Loni died under mysterious circumstances during a sit-in staged in Loralai on Saturday to protest against a recent terrorist attack on the DIG office complex in the town.
According to Loralai police, they came to the venue of the sit-in on the tip-off about the presence of a wanted man there. However, some participants of the sit-in offered resistance to the police attempt to arrest the suspect, which led to a scuffle during which Prof Loni died.
On the other hand, the bereaved family and the participants of the sit-in believe that the activist’s death was caused by police torture.
Speaking at a press conference at the Civil Hospital on Thursday, Dr Abro and Dr Faiz said that a brief post-mortem examination of Mr Loni’s body was conducted in presence of 10 doctors, including those from Loralai who were recommended by the family of the deceased.
“During the post-mortem, we examined his chest, abdomen, stomach, head and heart and also carried out CT scan and X-ray of the body, but found no torture mark,” the medical superintendent and the police surgeon said.
“However, we found a blood clot in his brain and that the deceased’s face had turned blue,” they added.
They said the Lahore laboratory would take 10 to 20 days to issue the report of forensic tests of the body parts.
Published in Dawn, February 8th, 2019
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How my country of origin has become so cruel and heatless. When those culprits will be brought to justice?
What was the purpose/gain of a shutter down strike that caused tremendous loss and inconvenience to the people.
I do not see any reason why the family of the deceased will tell a lie. We must not save someone to make ourselves more unreliable. The people are losing confidence in state institution.
A BRIEF post mortem was conducted !!! Clever words indeed. A blood clot in the brain means a blow on the head that caused a haemorrhage which is fatal.
If he has not tortured to death,then must be other reason how he die.
Now proved he is untruly being shown by PTM a victim of physical violence.
The death of the professor is a very disturbing and alarming incident. The authorities need to ensure that the matter is thoroughly investigated in a transparent way to the satisfaction of the family of the deceased professor.
If the postmortem report is true and cause of the death isnt police torture as alleged those who chanted anti state slogans and protest under the pretext of Arman loni's death should be rounded up and tried under sedition including those MNAs, whose agenda seems to be that of Ashraf ghani and modi.
They speak about Kashamir
Tommorow they will claim that Mr Loni died due to road accident !
Its propaganda. He was afghan agent
What is a brief post mortem?? Did the doctor performing the post mortem had enough experience.. was the doctor under any sort of influence before the report was written??
If he was tortured why when someone specially his family was giving him last bath not come up with any evidence because surely the torture marks still be very visible on body if there was any PTM has just galvanised people on fake news and encouraging sentiment against the state institutions, there is no doubt that state institutions don’t make mistake offcourse they do but PTM just become the instrument of anti state activities specially most of the people who attend I am sure they are afghani not Pakistani, if they really talk about Pakistan then why don’t they change name to Pakistan pukhtoon movement so it won’t give other anti state entities chance to manipulate with your cause, but offcourse you don’t because you want Afghan card to be played all the time, what is Afghan first define this before carry forward
@Prateik, ah yes, your claim must be more valid even though you don't even have any information which shows how he died. Leave your country hate aside and think logically for once. These are doctors who checked it. Their credibility is at stake here. There claims and reports can also be independently checked by any other doctor.
If state can do with him it will done as well with everyone .. there eyes and faces saying more then their voice that something is their
I don't know what will be the final result ,but I want to say that our journalists reach the conclusion very early without taking stances of other party. Every act is portrayed as if institutions have only ill intentions
@Human Rights, yes, natural causes.