<![CDATA[The post-mortem report stated on Monday that the 55-year-old nun who was found dead inside the well of a convent in Kollam district of Kerala died due to drowning. Police said, quoting the report that there were no other injury marks on the body of Sister Susan, an inmate of Mount Tabor Dayara Convent at Pathanapuram, except the "self-inflicted" injuries on the wrists. The post-mortem of the nun, belonging to the Malankara Syrian Orthodox church, was carried out at the government medical college hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. A senior police officer told that according to the post-mortem report, it was assumed to be a case of suicide and the nun died due to drowning. It also indicated the presence of naphthalene balls in her abdomen. Both the wrists were cut, but there were no other injury marks on her body. The Officer said that the Police would soon submit a report based on the post-mortem report. The body of Sister Susan, was found floating in the well at the sprawling compound on Sunday morning. Other inmates of the convent had first come across blood stains near the well and then found her body inside it. Blood stains were also found inside her room. Police had registered a case of unnatural death and later shifted the body to the state capital for post mortem. Another Catholic nun, Sister Abhaya, was found dead under similar circumstances. It had enforced a controversy in the state two decades ago. Abhaya's body was found in the well of St Pius Convent in Kottayam on March 27, 1992. She was also an inmate of the convent.]]>
