MILITANTS 'SUBSISTED ON DRUGS'

MUMBAI: An autopsy on one of the militants who killed hundreds in
Mumbai last week showed he had not eaten for days and could have been
on drugs, an Indian newspaper said on Thursday.

The examination of Abu Dera Ismael Khan's body found no food in his
stomach, raising suspicions he and the nine other militants subsisted
on drugs, the Indian Express said.

"It is difficult to find traces of these substances if consumed in
small amounts," it quoted an unnamed pathologist at Nair hospital as
saying.

"We have preserved their viscera and blood samples and sent it for
chemical analysis."

Khan's was the first body to be taken to the Nair hospital, the paper
said.