Swami Nigamanand was fasting against illegal mining on the banks of Ganga.
Swami Nigamanand, who died unsung in a room next to Baba Ramdev's in a hospital in Uttarakhand capital on Monday, could actually have been poisoned, a pathological test report has indicated.
It was earlier alleged by Nigamanand's aides that the poisoning led to his death. Nigamanand, who was fighting for conservation of the Ganga until being hospitalised about one-and-a-half months ago, had died at Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences a day after Ramdev ended his indefinite fast in the hospital.
Nigamanand, who too was on an indefinite hunger strike against mining in the Ganga basin, had been shifted from a government hospital in Haridwar to Dehradun's premier institute on May 4. His blood sample was sent for an analysis to Delhi.
Headlines Today accessed Nigamanand's pathology report which shows high toxin levels in Nigamanand's body pointing to an organo-phosphate poisoning, meaning the presence of insecticide.
The report also establishes that the toxin was already present in Nigamanand's blood when he was brought to Dehradun. He was admitted to Haridwar district government hospital on April 27.
Nigamanand's post-mortem examination report says he died due to malnutrition and septicaemia. The Uttarakhand government had ordered a CB-CID probe into the death. Swami Nigamanand was fasting to protest the Uttarakhand government's refusal to ban mining along a stretch of the Ganga near Rishikesh.
Nigamanand's associate Swami Shivanand had filed a complaint against the chief medical superintendent of Haridwar district hospital and businessman Gyanesh Kumar. In his complaint, he alleged that Nigamanand was given an injection of organo phosphate on April 30. He had alleged that the environmentalist slipped into coma on May 2 after being administered the injection by a nurse at the hospital
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