A medical board headed by the chief police surgeon completed exhumation of Dr Shahnawaz Kumbhar’s body on Tuesday.
Chief police surgeon Dr Wasim after autopsy said, “The body samples will be sent for laboratory test, and report will be handed over to concerned authorities within one month.”
A judicial magistrate on Monday had ordered a special medical board to carry out exhumation of Dr Shahnawaz Kumbhar to confirm if he was subjected to torture in police custody and burnt.
Dr. Shahnawaz Kumbhar, a senior medical officer accused of blasphemy, was allegedly killed in a staged police encounter in Mirpur Khas on September 19, after his arrest by Umerkot police on September 18, 2024, from Karachi.
