Overview
- The Special Investigation Team recovered a decomposed body in a marshy thicket near the HMT premises in Kalamassery, roughly two kilometres from the government medical college.
- Police say clothing on the remains matches what Suraj Lama was last seen wearing, but identity and cause of death await post-mortem analysis, scientific tests and DNA profiling.
- The Division Bench directed the DGP to submit all details about the recovery and asked the medical college superintendent to produce records, while questioning gaps in city surveillance and early search efforts.
- CCTV previously showed Lama, deported from Kuwait after reported methanol-related memory impairment, walking out of the Kalamassery medical college about 20 minutes after admission on October 10.
- Lama’s son alleged negligent handling by the hospital, said the family could not visually identify the body, and indicated plans to seek a second medical opinion through the High Court.