Mulayam Singh’s son Prateek Yadav died of heart, lung collapse, reveals autopsy

Sources said the report noted six injuries on Prateek’s body that were sustained before death, but are not suspected to have directly caused it. These older injuries included bruises on the chest, right arm and right forearm. One of the bruises on the forearm extended from the elbow to the wrist. The newer injuries included bruises on the right forearm, right elbow and left wrist, the report noted.

“As per the opinion of the team of doctors that conducted the post-mortem, a few injuries are suspected to be 5-7 days old while some are a day old, but one should not jump to any conclusion as none of these have been found to be the cause of death,” said a senior doctor on condition of anonymity.

“As per the doctors’ opinion, the cause of death is cardiorespiratory collapse due to massive pulmonary thromboembolism,” said the senior doctor. He further said the viscera has been preserved and only further examination can give more details.

Sources said as per the post-mortem report, Prateek was reported “brought dead” when he was brought to the Civil hospital at 5.55 am on Wednesday. The post-mortem was conducted by a team of three doctors.

The report also said samples of organs and viscera have been preserved for further examination and chemical analysis. Doctors have maintained that further conclusions would depend on the histopathological and chemical examination reports.