Kalabhavan mani dies
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They left the place carrying bags," Manikantan told the media on Saturday. They told me Mani has gone on a foreign trip. "The next morning, I was surprised to find three of the actor's close aides arrive on a motorcycle and they were cleaning the outhouse. Manikantan, who lives near the farmhouse, said he met the actor on the morning of March 4 and he was "in his usual jovial self". Police have questioned several of the actor's friends who used to be visitors to the farmhouse, where there used to be regular parties.
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Police have also been able to locate the person believed to have prepared the illicit brew and also the man who brought it to the farmhouse that day. We will know what they contained only after scientific tests," Sudarshan told the waiting media, before leaving the farmhouse. Police searched the septic tank of the house, and at the end of the day said they found a bottle believed to be that of a pesticide. The police team searched the entire farmhouse - that comprises a farm of nutmeg trees - and left around 3.30pm. Sudarshan, who is entrusted with the investigation, arrived with his team of officials accompanied by an excise department team to the farmhouse. On Saturday morning Deputy Superintendent of Police K. Sabumon and Jaffer Idukki had earlier said they left the farmhouse quite early. The team has taken statements from numerous people as well as actors like Sabumon and Jaffer Idukki who was with Mani, the day he fell ill on March 4. The probe, after the new development, is now being headed by Inspector General of Police M.R. Officials on Friday said the chemical test revealed the presence of the insecticide 'Chlorpyrifos'. Police had then registered a case of unnatural death and sealed his outhouse. Mani allegedly consumed liquor in the company of some friends in his outhouse near Chalakkudy in Thrissur district where he took ill. Said to be suffering from a liver ailment, he died two days later.Īfter his death, hospital authorities reported the presence of a chemical in the body, leading to speculation that he may not have died a natural death. Mani, 45, who acted in 200 films in Malayalam and other languages, was admitted to a hospital in Kochi on March 4. A day after chemical tests revealed the presence of an insecticide in the body of actor-singer Kalabhavan Mani, Kerala Police on Saturday searched his 30-acre farmhouse near Chalakkudy in Thrissur district and found a few bottles - one of which is believed to be that of the toxic material.