
Initial post-mortem report points to cardiac arrest as reason behind KK’s death: Police
Initial post-mortem report points to cardiac arrest as reason behind KK’s death: Police
The police had said that KK was declared “brought dead” by doctors of a
hospital where he was taken after he “fell unconscious” upon his return to a
hotel from a concert.
"The initial report suggested that the singer died because of myocardial infarction. There was no foul play behind his death. Clinical examination also found that the singer was having prolonged cardiac issues," the officer said, adding, the final report will be available after 72 hours.
KK was declared
"brought dead" by doctors of a hospital where he was taken after he
"fell unconscious" upon his return to a hotel from a concert on
Tuesday night, police had said.
Police have
registered a case of unnatural death and started an investigation.
As a part of the probe, officers have spoken to the hotel authorities and
scrutinised CCTV footage.
KK was declared "brought dead" by doctors of a hospital where
he was taken after he "fell unconscious" upon his return to a hotel
from a concert on Tuesday night.
AFTER POST-MORTEM examination was conducted on singer KK at the
state-run SSKM Hospital, the preliminary autopsy report has ruled out foul play
in the death, police sources said on Wednesday. “The exact cause of death will
be ascertained after receiving the autopsy report,” an officer said.
The preliminary findings of the report also mentioned that the
well-known Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, who
died hours after a live concert here on Tuesday, indicated that he died due to
cardiac arrest, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. KK was declared dead
on arrival by doctors at a hospital.
“The initial report suggested that the singer died because of myocardial
infarction. There was no foul play behind his death. Clinical examination also
found that the singer was having prolonged cardiac issues,” the officer said,
adding, the final report would be available after 72 hours.
Later in the day,
KK’s mortal remains were taken to Rabindra Sadan where the late singer was
accorded a gun salute in the presence of his family, CM Mamata Banerjee and
her Cabinet ministers.