The sensational findings of pesticide in the viscera of Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani, and the leak of the report to the media has proved costly to MK Nair, joint chemical examiner to the Kerala government. Senior Kerala home department officials recently summoned him and slapped a gag order on him, restricting media interactions on high profile and sensitive cases.

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Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani was admitted to Amrita Hospital, Kochi, on March 5 after he started vomiting blood. He passed away the next day