A day after the long awaited histopathology report of Richard Loitam, who was found dead in his hostel room, was finally handed over to the police, Loitam’s parents refuted the report which said his weak heart was the reason he died.
In one of her posts on a social networking site, Richard’s mother Dr Vidyabali Loitam, says that the histopathology report of Richard was ‘baseless’ and was only ‘covering up facts’. She said: “My son was an active football player and was in good physical condition. Moreover in his school here, he had to go through a medical check-up every six months.
There was no indication of a heart problem so far. How can it suddenly happen?” “We (parents) both are doctors and are fairly knowledgeable in medicine. If our son had shown symptoms of a problem, we would have known about it. The report calls it hereditary, but there is no significant history of heart disease in our family”, she added.
Richard’s parents are now planning to approach the Karnataka and Manipur governments for a CBI probe into the case.