December 05, 2008	Friday	Zilhaj 6, 1429

MUMBAI, Dec 4: 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. —AFP