By Sara Sami
Published: 28th September 2006
A POLICE photograph of a man found hanging in a village ma’atam shows his body with his hands and feet bound. But there is no evidence that 28-year-old painter C Palanichami was the victim of foul play, Public Prosecutor Mamdooh Al Moawda reiterated yesterday. He said police had ruled Mr Palanichami’s death a suicide, because there was no evidence of a struggle or any other injuries.
Mr Al Moawda showed the GDN a picture of the Indian painter and carpenter’s body hanging from a door frame on the second floor of a ma’atam in Al Qariya, near Budaiya, where it was found around 2.30pm on Monday.
By Sara Sami
Published: 28th September 2006
A POLICE photograph of a man found hanging in a village ma’atam shows his body with his hands and feet bound. But there is no evidence that 28-year-old painter C Palanichami was the victim of foul play, Public Prosecutor Mamdooh Al Moawda reiterated yesterday. He said police had ruled Mr Palanichami’s death a suicide, because there was no evidence of a struggle or any other injuries.
Mr Al Moawda showed the GDN a picture of the Indian painter and carpenter’s body hanging from a door frame on the second floor of a ma’atam in Al Qariya, near Budaiya, where it was found around 2.30pm on Monday.
“He tied his legs and hands before he hanged himself,” said Mr Al Moawda.
“We found no evidence of struggle or injuries on his body, so it’s definitely a suicide case.
“His clothes were clean and spotless. If there had been a struggle, his clothes wouldn’t be dirt-free, as the room was covered with dust and paint.”
It is understood that the police evidence is that Mr Palanichami stood on a paint can to put his head through the noose.
He was found when his foreman went to check on him after the sponsor was alerted by villagers who saw the body.
Mr Palanichami was from the Maavatam district of Tamil Nadu and came to Bahrain three months ago, to work for Aman carpentry in Sanad.
It is understood he was working alone at the ma’atam, doing small renovation jobs.
Workmates insisted that he was unlikely to have committed suicide, especially as he had a father, mother, brother and married sister back home, who were “the centre of his world”.
One workmate said he saw the body hanging, with the hands and feet bound, before being moved on by police at the scene.
“I saw the body, though only for less than a minute, because by then a police official pushed us out. But I saw his hands were bound to his body and his feet too were tied.
“There was a plastic wire wound around his neck and there were bruise marks on the visible parts of the body.”
Mr Palanichami’s body is at the Salmaniya Medical Complex mortuary.
© Gulf Daily News
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/story.asp?Article=156946&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=29192