The death of a 60-year-old tribesman led to tense moments in a Paniya tribal hamlet at Arimula, near Kenichira in Wayanad district, on Tuesday.
Gopalan of Palnada tribal settlement at Arimula died at a private medical college hospital at Meppadi in the district on Sunday morning after being stung by a swarm of bees.
Gopalan was stung by bees at Mangod Vayal, near Arimula, on Saturday morning while going to a nearby farm. He was rushed to the taluk hospital at Sulthan Bathery, and later to the medical college hospital.
When the body was shifted back to the taluk hospital for a post-mortem examination, it could not be performed since the forensic surgeon was on leave. Subsequently, the body was sent to Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kozhikode, on Monday evening after the kin were informed of the same.
‘Blatant disregard’
By the time the body was shifted to an ambulance, it had started to decay as it “was not kept in freezer at the hospital,” Babu of the hamlet, who…