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Postmortem: Clear signs of swelling of brain & lungs

The postmortem of the two youth who died of suspected overdose has been conducted with a verdict on the cause of death being reserved pending analysis of the viscera.

PANAJI: 
Sources in the Goa Medical College have informed that while the cause of death has been reserved, both the cadavers showed clear signs of swelling of the brain as well as the lungs, which is usually noticed in the case of drug overdose.
In the first case, the deceased, Pravin Surendran arrived in Goa along with his friends on Saturday evening and headed straight to a party hosted in Vagator.
According to sources, the deceased along with his friends had a good time at the party.
Anjuna police informed that Pravin suddenly collapsed in the parking lot after attending a party from where he was shifted to a private hospital in Anjuna at around 2 am on Sunday.
In the second case, Nadim Abdullah, a native of Kerala, was admitted by some of his friends in the same private hospital in Anjuna, who was later declared dead by the hospital staff.
Interestingly, the friends admitted Nadim and disappeared from the spot, police sources disclosed. Except for his name and residence, police have no details in the second case and are trying to find the identity of the "friends" who admitted him to the hospital.
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Stop disrobing dead women before cremation: GHRC

Bailancho Saad welcomes order of the Rights Commission

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Published Aug 15, 2017, 4:50 AM IST
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PANAJI Women's Group Bailancho Saad has welcomed an order by the Goa Human Rights Commission ordering that the authorities prevent disrobing of deceased women in the crematoria. The Bailancho Saad had approached the Goa Human Rights Commission with a few specific cases and argued that the practice of disrobing deceased women before cremation violated the dignity of women and therefore violates the basic human rights of women. The Human Rights Commission observed, "Disrobing…

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