Mangalore: Relief for Shashidharan as last remaining gold capsule flushed out

Mangalore: Relief for Shashidharan as last remaining gold capsule flushed out

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Feb 10, 2014 : It was relief at last for Shashidharan of Kasargod, when the last remaining gold capsule in his stomach came out of his bowels naturally  on February 9, Sunday.

 

Earlier  doctors at the KMC hospital had  on February 7, Friday performed a colonscopy to recover 29 of the  gold capsules which Shashidharan had swallowed in an apparent bid to  avoid getting detected by scanners at the Mangalore International Airport.

Shashidharan who  had arrived by a flight from Dubai had succeeded in avoiding customs officials at the airport and was hoping to  flush out the swallowed capsules through generous doses of laxatives. However,  that was not to be as he soon fell ill and had to be hospitalised. When the news that he had swallowed gold capsules became public, the police and customs officials had arrived at the hospital.

After futile bid to  make Shashidharan flush out the gold naturally by giving him laxatives and enema, the doctors had opted for a colonoscopy. Though 29 capsules weighing around 428 grams were extracted, the last remaining one came out naturally without any medical intervention.

The value of the total gold is estimated at Rs 14 lakh. It has been reliably gathered that Shashidharan who hailed from Uduma in Kasargod who had gone to Dubai on a tourist visa  on January 27, was promised Rs 2 lakhs if he swallowed the gold and brought it to India.