The forensic surgeon and his team who conducted the autopsy on bodies of 12 victims who died at the Maharashtra Bhushan Award ceremony gathering at Kharghar on Sunday have cited ‘acute renal failure, due to severe dehydration, in a case of sun stroke’ as the cause of their deaths. According to the Raigad district administration, 50 people had suffered a heat stroke and 21 of them are still under treatment at various hospitals while 17 have been discharged.

The autopsies were conducted at the sub-district hospital at Panvel named after Dr Nanasaheb Dharmadikari whose son Dr Appasaheb Dharmadikari was presented with the award on Sunday
 
The youngest of those who succumbed to heat stroke was a 30-year-old while the oldest was a 65-year-old. Two of the victims were from Solapur, three from Vasai-Virar and one from Girgaon, while the remaining six were from Raigad district. Their bodies were identified and handed over to their respective claimants after the autopsy.