KOZHIKODE: The shirt of Viswanathan, a tribal man who was found hanging near the medical college, was recovered by the police and the forensic department after a week. The shirt was among the stones near the tree where he was found dead. It has been sent to Kozhikode lab for forensic examination. In the pocket of his mud-stained shirt were Rs 140, loose change, and a knot of beedi. Because he was shirtless relatives had raised a complaint that he was killed and hanged.

The police have intensified the scientific examination of the CCTV footage and the mobile phone-focused examination to identify the two people who were stopped on suspicion of theft. More than ten people were gathered around Viswanathan and two people were seen talking in the visuals. On the 11th, Viswanathan (46), a native of Kalpetta, Wayanad, who had come to take care of his wife who was admitted for delivery at the Medical College Maternal and Child Care Center, was found hanging near the hospital.