India, Aug. 9 -- A 24-year-old woman arrested at Mumbai airport in a case involving 3.46 kg of alleged ganja has been granted one-month interim bail after she told a special NDPS court that she was suffering from profuse bleeding following gender-reassignment surgery. The court granted her temporary relief on medical grounds, while keeping her main bail plea pending.

The woman was arrested by the Airport Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in connection with the alleged seizure. Seeking interim bail, she told the court, through video conferencing, that she continued to suffer complications and bleeding despite undergoing treatment at JJ and KEM hospitals.

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