Police suspect that Mahalingam could have committed suicide but await the forensic report before confirming it. Mahalingam’s body was found in a badly decomposed state. So, doctors were reluctant to perform an autopsy. However, in the face of the family’s insistence, the doctors gave in. The post-mortem tests were conducted on Sunday. Samples of his teeth, liver, viscera, skin and a part of brain were sent for a DNA test to a forensic laboratory in Hyderabad.
Even after the body was found, the scientist’s death remained shrouded in mystery. The police are still clueless.
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Given the sensitive nature of the case, the investigations had been handed over to the Intelligence Bureau.