With the parents of Shanaya Hathiramani, 3, raising concerns over whether she was sexually assaulted by their childhood friend Anil Chugani before he flung her out of his seventh-floor window, officials decided to have forensic surgeons from JJ Hospital conduct her autopsy instead of St George Hospital.

Prem Hathiramani had in his statement to the police raised concerns about whether Shanaya was assaulted as Chugani had locked the door from inside after taking her into the bedroom. "Therefore, the police wanted a through autopsy to be done," said a source from the centre. "The police even requested the autopsy surgeons to get the entire procedure videotaped to ensure that a record is maintained and the same can be used during the trial."