‘Face blue in colour, no block in coronary artery'; Gym trainer's cause of death could not be found even in postmortem

THRISSUR: A new turning point in the incident of finding a fitness trainer dead inside his house. He was found dead in his house near Wadakkanchery in Thrissur. The dead had been identified as Madhav (28), son of Mani and Kumari. Since the cause of Madhav's death could not be found even in the postmortem, his internal organs have been sent for chemical testing.

There are hints that Madhav had used excessive drugs to strengthen his muscles. The police had recovered foreign-made drugs and a syringe from his bedroom. Madhav's room was locked from inside. He was found lying down. It is suspected that he may have fell down after feeling unwell. Although there was a suspicion that he had been bitten by a snake, no signs of that were found on his body.

Madhav's face was blue in colour. The doctors said that this may be due to the blood coming to only one side at the time of death. No block was found in the coronary arteries during postmortem. Madhav regularly participated in body building competitions. He was training hard for a competition to be held in January. It is believed that he may have taken medication along with this.

Madhav, a gym trainer, used to wake up at 4 every day to go to the gym. As he did not wake up even after 4.30 am, his mother went and knocked on the door. Seeing no response, she pushed the door open with the help of a neighbor. He was then found lying dead. Madhav and his mother were the residents of the house.