A jawan, who allegedly committed suicide after a sting video on the “abuse” of buddy system in the Army went viral, was laid to rest in Kollam district after a fresh autopsy was conducted following insistence of his family, who raised doubts over his demise.
Mathew was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in an abandoned barrack in Deolali cantonment in Maharashtra’s Nasik on Thursday.
His relatives refused to accept that he would have ended his life.
Alleging that there were marks of beating on his feet and blood had clotted in some parts, his relatives, including wife Finy, refused to accept the body until a fresh post-mortem was conducted in Kerala.
Following the plea of the family, a re-post-mortem was conducted at the Thiruvananthapuram medical college hospital after which the body was taken to Karuvelil in Ezhukon in Kollam district for the funeral at a local church.