On actor Mani's first death anniversary, brother on three-day fast
Chalakuddy
Mar 06, 2017
RLV Ramakrishnan, brother of late actor Kalabhavan Mani, on
Saturday began a three-day fast here to protest against the fact that the police
continue to grope in the dark to find out the cause of Mani's death even after
a year.
It was on this day last year, Mani was taken to a hospital
in Kochi from his farm house near Chalakuddy and breathed his last two days
later on March 6.
'The scientific reports have come that two different poisonous
substances were there in his body, but even as a year has passed since the probe
began, the police are not able to crack the case,' Ramakrishnan told the
media at the protest venue.
Hugely popular 45-year-old Mani, who acted in 200 films in
Malayalam and other languages, had an untimely death, leaving the film industry
as well as those in his hometown in Chalakuddy, shocked.
A CBI probe into the death was sought soon after the new Pinarayi
Vijayan-led government assumed office in May last year, but nothing has happened
yet.
State Congress President V.M. Sudheeran told the media that
his party also supports the need for a CBI probe into Mani's death.
A few of the actor's close aides who were present at his farmhouse
when he collapsed, had undergone the lie-detector test earlier, but nothing
has happened after that.
A public meeting is to be held here on the first death anniversary
of the actor. Vijayan, as well as leading names from the film industry, will
be taking part.
Chalakuddy
Mar 06, 2017
RLV Ramakrishnan, brother of late actor Kalabhavan Mani, on
Saturday began a three-day fast here to protest against the fact that the police
continue to grope in the dark to find out the cause of Mani's death even after
a year.
It was on this day last year, Mani was taken to a hospital
in Kochi from his farm house near Chalakuddy and breathed his last two days
later on March 6.
'The scientific reports have come that two different poisonous
substances were there in his body, but even as a year has passed since the probe
began, the police are not able to crack the case,' Ramakrishnan told the
media at the protest venue.
Hugely popular 45-year-old Mani, who acted in 200 films in
Malayalam and other languages, had an untimely death, leaving the film industry
as well as those in his hometown in Chalakuddy, shocked.
A CBI probe into the death was sought soon after the new Pinarayi
Vijayan-led government assumed office in May last year, but nothing has happened
yet.
State Congress President V.M. Sudheeran told the media that
his party also supports the need for a CBI probe into Mani's death.
A few of the actor's close aides who were present at his farmhouse
when he collapsed, had undergone the lie-detector test earlier, but nothing
has happened after that.
A public meeting is to be held here on the first death anniversary
of the actor. Vijayan, as well as leading names from the film industry, will
be taking part.
Tags: Kalabhavan Mani