> > A senior military doctor has claimed that no trace of alcohol was
> found in
> > the blood samples of late crown prince Dipendra, accused of
> committing the
> > June 1 palace massacre under the influence of liquor and drugs, a
> newspaper
> > report said.
> >
> > Brig. (Dr.) Khagendra Bahadur Shreshtha, who carried out the brain
> operation
> > of late Dipendra had told the panel probing the incident that no
> trace of
> > alcohol was found in his blood during the surgery, the Nepalese
> weekly,
> > Deshantar Saptahik, said.
> >
> > - PTI
> =======
> I thought the time requirements of Nepalese religious customs
> precluded substantive autopsies, as reported by the BBC, if I recall.
>
> Ian
Dipendra was taken immediately to hospital and was alive, though in a coma, for two days. Operations to save his life were unsuccessful. Surgeon Shrestha was certainly in a position to observe this dispositive fact.
john mage