Team Herald
PANJIM: The Goa Police continue to remain tight-lipped on the death of the 26 year-old Karan Kashyap at an event in a village in Pernem despite some reports clearly indicating that the Delhi native died due to drug overdose.
Sources in the Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim (GMC) had informed on the very next day that Kashyap’s death was a case of drug overdose. However, despite this information, the reason for Delhiite’s death has been allegedly kept under the wraps.
It may be recalled that Kashyap attended an event and started feeling uneasy. He was taken to a private hospital for treatment, where he died. The post-mortem initially revealed excess fluid/substance in the body, which affected his kidneys, brain and lungs. In scientific terms, it was acute renal injury, pulmonary and cerebral edema.
However, following an O Heraldo report informing about the Randox Testing machine in GMC’s Toxicology department which gives a report of samples within half-an-hour, sources said that the officials concerned were forced to conduct tests and hand over the report to the police the next day.
The officials, who were earlier claiming to send the samples to the Forensic Lab in Verna, received the report. However, none of these officials are willing to reveal the report details determining the exact cause of death.
A section of the media has reported that Kashyap’s blood samples showed the presence of drugs like methamphetamine, amphetamine and benzodiazepine. These drugs with the deadly concoction of alcohol resulted in the Kashyap demise.