Government pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh yesterday testified that although he examined two bodies that bore blunt force trauma injuries to the head, smoke inhalation and burns were the determined causes of death of the 17 inmates who perished after the Camp Street Prison fire on March 3rd.
According to Singh, for most of the bodies found, 90% to 95% of the body’s surface area was burnt, although there was one body that was documented as having been 100% burnt. Of the two bodies that suffered trauma to the head, one (assessed to be the more serious of the two) bore signs of trauma to the top of the head, along with haemorrhaging. The other showed signs of trauma to the back of the head, though there were no signs of fractures or haemorrhaging.
Singh commented that the wounds observed were fresh, as they had not begun to
