The Doha-Kuala Lumpur flight requested an emergency landing after the deceased, Chika Imaneal (26), started vomiting and fell unconscious.
Medical experts at the airport declared Chika dead on arrival. The airport authority informed the Sahar police about the death, who have registered acase of "accidental death".
The police sent the body for the post-mortem at Cooper Hospital where the doctors recovered the plastic capsules from the stomach.
Vishwas Nagre-Patil, additional commissioner of police (west region), said, "Doctors have sent the recovered capsules for forensic examination to ascertain the contents." The police suspect that Chika was trying to smuggle the capsules.
A source said that Chika could have been died due to poisoning. "In most such cases, capsules burst inside the stomach and the person dies because of poisoning," said a medical expert.
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