<p>Though a post-mortem was already done at Government Wenlock Hospital in <br />Mangalore on Friday, the priest’s family was not convinced by its results which could not identify the cause of the death. The priest’s body was found on a road at Thottathady village in Belthangady taluk on Thursday morning.<br /><br />Hundreds pay last respects<br /><br />Earlier in the day, hundreds of people lined up to pay their last respects to the 38-year-old priest who was a vicar at the Kudrapadi St Mary’s Church of the Belthangady Archdiocese. <br /><br />Senior Vicars of Thalassery and Belthangady and other archdioceses in Kerala and <br />Karnataka were also present for the funeral which was to be held at Vellad St Sebastian’s Church cemetery in the morning.<br /><br />Funeral put off<br /><br />However, the funeral was put off after the priest’s brother-in-law lodged the police complaint. Following this, the body was sent to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital for post-mortem again.</p>
<p>Though a post-mortem was already done at Government Wenlock Hospital in <br />Mangalore on Friday, the priest’s family was not convinced by its results which could not identify the cause of the death. The priest’s body was found on a road at Thottathady village in Belthangady taluk on Thursday morning.<br /><br />Hundreds pay last respects<br /><br />Earlier in the day, hundreds of people lined up to pay their last respects to the 38-year-old priest who was a vicar at the Kudrapadi St Mary’s Church of the Belthangady Archdiocese. <br /><br />Senior Vicars of Thalassery and Belthangady and other archdioceses in Kerala and <br />Karnataka were also present for the funeral which was to be held at Vellad St Sebastian’s Church cemetery in the morning.<br /><br />Funeral put off<br /><br />However, the funeral was put off after the priest’s brother-in-law lodged the police complaint. Following this, the body was sent to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital for post-mortem again.</p>
