PATHANAMTHITTA: The body of Mathai, who died while in custody of the forest department and which was at a private hospital, has been handed over to the CBI. The body will be shifted to Pathanamthitta General Hospital for re-postmortem. The postmortem will be held under the supervision of the CBI in a specially set table at the Pathanamthitta General Hospital.

A panel of three police surgeons team who conducted the re-postmortem of Nedukandam Rajkumar, will conduct the autopsy. The government appointed this panel as pre the request of the CBI. A new inquest will be conducted. The magistrate will be present during the postmortem and during the inquest. Not burying the body will help to get more evidence.