Pathology report says Ganga seer poisoned

June 15, 2011 11:08

The pathology report of Swami Nigamananda, who died on Monday after a 114-day fast in the Uttarakhand, indicates that he may have been poisoned by pesticides.

His family, in any case, suspect foul play behind his death. The seer slipped into coma while he was agitating for saving the Ganga River and checking illegal mining on its banks.

"His treatment was not only neglected by the state government, but we have information that some vested interest in the hospital where he was admitted mixed poison in the water he was drinking. Following this, he slipped into coma. He never regained consciousness," Rekha Jha, Nigamananda's aunt who is a schoolteacher in Bihar told rediff.com in a telephonic conversation on Wednesday morning.

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