Krofuom alleged victim of police brutality to be buried today
The late Osei Tawiah, who was allegedly brutalised to death at Krofrom, a suburb of Kumasi, is expected to be laid to rest today .
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Relatives of the deceased were denied the body last week after they had contested the autopsy report performed by the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
Autopsy report
The autopsy report made public by Dr Osei Sampane, Head of the Pathology Department at KATH on June 1, 2016, said Tawiah,27, died of a heart attack.
Reasons for refusal
KATH explained that the family had by then not complied with procedure and presented the necessary documentation for the body to be released.
KATH said since the matter was in the hands of the police and the law courts, it had expected the family to have gone for a copy of the cause of death based on which a death certificate could be issued.
Family spokesman
Subsequently, the family spokesman Kofi Boadi, told the Daily Graphic that, the police had submitted all the necessary documents which necessitated the family to go for the death certificate for the body to be realeased.
“We have submitted the death certificate together with a burial permit for the body to be released and, hopefully, we will lay him to rest today,” he said.
Following their rejection of the autopsy report, the hospital gave the family an option of either going for a private pathologist to conduct an independent autopsy or present a letter to KATH indicating it had accepted the first autopsy report based on which the body would be released.
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The Public Relations Manager of KATH, Mr Kwame Frimpong, told the Daily Graphic that since the matter has a legal implication, KATH needed to have a written document to tender in court in case it was being challenged.
But after the family submitted the death certificate with the necessary documents last Tuesday, KATH appeared to have softened its grounds to enable the young man to be laid to rest.
Background
His condition reportedly worsened when he was taken to the police station and subsequently rushed to KATH where he was allegedly pronounced dead on arrival.