Delhi Police rule out foul play in Satish Kaushik death

NEW DELHI: Ruling out any foul play in the death of Bollywood actor and director Satish Kaushik, Delhi Police on Saturday said that his postmortem report stated that the manner of death was natural. According to a preliminary report, the death happened due to "cardiac arrest caused by coronary artery blockage associated with coronary artery disease".

Additional DCP (southwest Delhi) Rajeev Kumar said that they had received information about Kaushik's death at 2.22 am on March 9 from a Gurgaon hospital.

No party on the day of actor's death, preliminary cause cardiac arrest: Cops
Delhi Police has ruled out any foul play in the death of Bollywood actor and director Satish Kaushik. He was declared brought dead at a Gurgaon hospital and his body was preserved in the mortuary for inquest proceedings.

"As per inquiry conducted so far, Kaushik, along with his manager, Santosh Rai, came to Delhi on March 8 at 10am and stayed at the residence of his friend, Vikas Malu, at A-5 Pushpanjali in Bijwasan," Additional DCP (southwest Delhi) Rajeev Kumar said.

Rai told the cops that they had celebrated Holi till 3 pm and then retired for rest. "There was no party at evening or night. Around 9 pm, Kaushik took dinner, and after walking, he went to his bedroom and watched some movie clips on his iPad," Kumar said.

At 12 midnight, he called Rai, who was staying in the adjoining room, and complained about uneasiness and chest pain. He was taken to hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.

The house where Kaushik stayed had been thoroughly checked by the police. "Nothing suspicious or objectionable was found at the spot or from the room of the victim. Only some medicines were found," Kumar said.

All witnesses who accompanied him were examined and their statements were recorded. CCTV footage from the spot was being examined.

On March 9, a postmortem was conducted by a board of doctors at DDU Hospital and the body was handed over to the family, the police said. According to the autopsy report, the preliminary cause of death was cardiac arrest caused by coronary artery blockage associated with coronary artery disease and the manner of death appears to be natural.

A final opinion will be given after perusal of the histopathology study report of the heart and another from FSL on blood, said the officer.

Police are in touch with Kaushik's family who have not voiced any suspicion about any foul play. During the inquiry conducted so far, nothing suspicious or any foul play came on record. However, police investigations under section 174 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) are on.