from Ares
for Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji (GA)
Panaji, May 2: Failing to get Scarlett's body organs through bureacratic means, Fiona Mackeown, British teenager's mother has now questioned forensic department's legal validity to remove the entire organs during autopsy.
"I do understand that for medico forensic requirements, a certain amount of tissue from various organs is an essential requisite by the forensic scientists to satisfactorily conclude on his testing," Fiona who is down in Goa to take up the missing body organs issue said.
The mother has met Goa chief secretary J P Singh, dean of Goa Medical College Dr V N Jindal and forensic experts but she had to shuttle between places. "I have failed to get the organs till now," she said.
Scarlett's bruised body was found at Goa's popular Anjuna beach on February 18. Two autopsies were conducted on her body in India while the inquest autopsy performed on her body by the coroner's office in England had found that several body parts were missing.
According to her mother, the full stomach, both the kidneys, the uterus, the spleen and the pancreas were missing. "These complete organs of my daughter's dead body, have been removed without my consent," she said.
Fiona who will leave back to UK on Sunday May 4 is trying hard to get the organs. "To my mind the removal of the entire organs from the body of my daughter is an action far in excess of the needs of the forensic scientist," she said.
The 43-year-old mother has questioned under what code or provision of Indian laws, the liberty has been taken to violate the dead body of the daughter.
"Please inform me under what provision of Indian law has this action of removing the entire organs of my daughter's body been taken," she has questioned Goa chief secretary in a letter written to him.
"As a mother, I demand the organs of my daughter to be returned to me," she has written.
Scarlett's death had kicked off a major row in the state with questionmark being raised on safety of tourists in Goa. Police during their investigation have arrested two locals for their alleged involvement in drugging, raping and leaving Scarlett to die on the shore.
Police sub-inspector, Nerlon Albuquerque, who initially goofed up the case, stands dismissed from the services while forensic expert Dr Silvano Sapeco who conducted first autopsy on February 18 is suspended.
Fiona had demanded that the case is shifted from Goa police to central bureau of investigations (CBI). After initial reluctance, Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat had agreed to hand over the case to the central investigating agency. Police confirmed that the process of shifting the case is still not over.