Goa, April 15 -- In a significant escalation of the Vagator drug overdose case, Goa Police have collected blood samples from seven friends of the deceased youth, sharpening focus on the group that was with him on the night he died. The 21-year-old from Indore col lapsed at a nightclub in Vagator last week and was later declared dead, with investigators suspecting a mul ti-drug overdose. While the exact cause of death is still pending confir mation, the probe has now moved de cisively into forensic territory. Police sources said the seven indi viduals who accompanied the victim are under close scrutiny, with their blood samples sent for detailed toxi cological analysis.

The results are ex pected to establish whether they too had consumed ...