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Mehta died of heart attack: autopsy report

The cause of Dewang Mehta's death was a heart attack, an autopsy of the Nasscom chief's body revealed on Friday.

Thirty-eight-year old Mehta was found dead in a Sydney hotel room on Thursday. It was a case of heart attack, according to forensic doctors' report.

Meanwhile, Information Technology Minister Pramod Mahajan has delayed his return to India in order to bring Mehta's body along with him, acting Indian Consul General in Sydney, Sudhir Kumar, said.

Mahajan, who was leading a high-level IT delegation to Australia, was to have left by the morning flight.

Mahajan's secretary Ajoy Mehta said "We have been trying to take the body home with us, but Good Friday being a holiday, the process is taking longer than it normally would."

Kumar said the body had been sent for embalming and it was likely to be handed over to him later on Friday.

Mehta's cousin Rupal, who lives here, said he had visited her on Wednesday night after the United India Association dinner.

"He asked me to cook some Mexican food for him, which he relished. We sat and chatted and dropped him off at the hotel at 01.45 am. (local time). He was perfectly fine."

"The few hours he had with us, he spent playing computer games with my 10-year-old daughter...This was his fifth visit to Sydney. This trip was very hectic. We did not want to disturb his schedule so we did not ask him to stay with us."

Rupal said her sister Amita will be flying with the body to Delhi.

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