Drama unfolds during Marxist leader’s funeral in Kerala, daughter opposes move to hand over body to medical college

However, melodramatic scenes unfolded connected Monday astatine the Ernakulam municipality hallway successful Kochi, wherever the assemblage of the Marxist seasoned is kept for nationalist homage, arsenic his girl Asha objected to the handover of the assemblage and held a protestation connected the aesculapian assemblage premises — she had a scuffle with her household members arsenic good arsenic the CPI(M) cadres.

Following constabulary intervention, Lawrence’s assemblage was shifted to the aesculapian assemblage morgue.

Meanwhile, Asha — who wants to execute a Christian ceremonial for her begetter — besides moved the HC challenging the determination of her siblings, citing the determination to manus implicit the assemblage was against the privation of their father. She argued that successful lack of documentary grounds and successful airy of the information that her begetter was a subordinate of a Christian parish, helium perchance “could not person wished that his assemblage beryllium handed implicit to the aesculapian assemblage aft death”.

She besides posted connected Facebook that she and her siblings had joined astatine the church, and their parent was besides buried astatine a religion cemetery.

“It is simply a treachery of the CPI(M). He was ne'er against religion and helium was baptised. The eldest lad is simply a enslaved of CPI(M),” she said.

Asha’s siblings, meanwhile, contented arsenic good arsenic filed an affidavit that their begetter had expressed his tendency — to manus implicit his assemblage for world purposes — to them, and his colleagues and followers.

The State Attorney observed that arsenic per Section 4A of the Kerala Anatomy Act, a written consent of the deceased is not mandatory for donating the body.

After considering the plea, the HC directed the aesculapian assemblage authorities to perceive Asha’s objections and instrumentality a determination successful accordance with the Kerala Anatomy Act.

Directing the aesculapian college’s main to see Asha’s objections, a singh-judge seat of Justice V G Arun said the assemblage should present sphere Lawrence’s assemblage until an authorised serviceman takes its possession, taxable to the determination to beryllium taken aft considering her objections.

“It is, therefore, evident that the consent of the deceased request not needfully beryllium successful penning and tin adjacent beryllium orally expressed successful the beingness of 2 oregon much persons. From the submissions made astatine the Bar, it has travel retired that respondents 5 and 6 (siblings of the petitioner) person filed an affidavit stating that their begetter had expressed an unequivocal tendency that his assemblage beryllium handed implicit and utilized for the purposes mentioned successful Section 4A(1) (of the Kerala Anatomy Act),” the bid read.

Meanwhile, the ruling CPI(M) clarified that it has nary relation successful the matter. “Whether to manus implicit the assemblage to the aesculapian assemblage oregon hide it successful a religion is simply a determination of the family,” the enactment said successful a statement. CPI(M) territory caput C N Mohanan said that the determination to manus implicit the assemblage to the aesculapian assemblage was made by his son.

Earlier successful the day, elder governmental leaders of the state, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, and others paid their past respects to Lawrence.

-With PTI inputs