London, Apr. 9 (ANI): The remains of poet Pablo Neruda, who died in 1973, have been exhumed by forensic experts in Chile.
The Chilean authorities want to establish whether Neruda died of cancer or was he poisoned on the orders of Chile's military ruler, Gen Augusto Pinochet.
Neruda, a Nobel Prize winner, was a member of the Communist Party and a staunch supporter of ousted Chilean President Salvador Allende.
According to the BBC, Neruda died at the age of 69 just 12 days after Gen Pinochet's coup against Allende.
The head of Chile's Medical Legal Service, Patricio Bustos, said Neruda's body was exhumed in about an hour on Monday and tests will be carried out on his remains in the capital, Santiago.
The allegations are backed by the Chilean Communist Party, which said that Neruda did not exhibit any of the symptoms associated with advanced cancer he is reported to have died from, the report added. (ANI)
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