Dec 29, Monday

Came for music, died at a music festival She arrived in Goa on December 26, with 13 friends, a day before both the EDM Festivals, Supersonic and Sunburn, could begin 10 pm: She was at the venue of the Supersonic festival, when she collapsed and fell on the ground 10.15 to 10.45 pm: The organizers arranged for an ambulance to the Mathew Braganza Hospital in Calangute
Dec 29, Monday
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At the Mathew Braganza hospital
Doctor confirms that Isha had “too much” alcohol in her system
11.30: Isha (her limp lifeless body) arrived with 7 of her friends – 4 girls and 3 boys
There were no vital signs of life. Dr Ahish Thakarkar, chest specialist on duty at night, attempted recovery for ten minutes in the ICU, “to give her a fair chance to be revived”
Dr Thakarkar confirmed the presence of alcohol in her body. He told Herald “She had a history of too much of alcohol consumption given to her by bystanders”
(Interpretation of the statement: ‘History’ means the immediate history of this specific case. The alcohol was served, given to her by her friends around her)
Around midnight: She was pronounced “dead on arrival”

Who was she?
A costume designer in Bollywood
Has worked in several small-time movies, but shot to some fame with her work in Mary Kom, starring Priyanka Chopra
She was also costume designer for Hate Story 2 and Horror Story She was assistant costume designer for Dangerous Ishq, Evil Returns, Zila Ghaziabad

Tuesday Dec 30
At GMC

Dawn: Body sent to GMC as this becomes medicolegal case
Parents informed in Mumbai. They leave for Goa immediately
4 pm: Parents arrive, go straight to GMC
5 pm: Parents arrive but post mortem deferred, since the paper work was time consuming and post mortem could not be conducted before the cut off time of 5.30 pm

Calangute Police Inspector Rajesh Kumar
“We have registered Isha Mantry’s death as unnatural death and investigations are underway.  The body of the deceased has been preserved for post mortem at GMC, Bambolim”

Herald Goa
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