IBN

New Delhi, Jun 5: In another dramatic twist to the Rahul Mahajan case, the authorities at Delhi’s Apollo Hospital on Sunday disclosed that traces of Benzodiazepine - a sedative - have been found in the urine sample of Rahul Mahajan.

This medical report comes a day after the doctors had stated that Rahul had tested negative for all known drugs.

Apollo's Medical Director Anupam Sibal stood by the controversial report by doctors that the urine samples of Rahul had tested negative for any identifiable drug.

At the same time, when asked if Mahajan had drugs, Sibal said, "perhaps yes, perhaps, no".

He maintained that it was the job of the police to investigate what led to Rahul's clinical condition.

Sibal explained the contradiction by stating that the hospital did not conduct quantitative tests and only performed tests for the qualitative presence of drugs.

But the test reports by Dr Lal's Pathological Lab, which conducted the quantitative tests on the urine sample, showed the presence of traces of drugs.

"It could be said that cocaine was present even though in a very minute level. It is very much normal," he said.

The hospital authorities also distributed copies of the Lal's report which showed the presence of drugs, including cocaine metabolites and cannabinoids.

A test was also conducted on the blood sample of Rahul at Lal's pathological lab which showed traces of alcohol.

However, another doctor has also said traces of "cocktail of drugs" were found in the sample although it was negative because they were under permissible limits.

The latest medical bulletin also says there has been a significant improvement in Rahul Mahajan's condition.

Doctors now believe that he may be out of the ICU on Monday and will be in a position to make a statement to the police.