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Published 04:49 IST, December 2nd 2020

Office, home of another Maradona doctor searched

The investigation into Diego Maradona's death continued on Tuesday with police raids on the office and home of the psychiatrist who cared for the football player and is being investigated for possible medical negligence.

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The investigation into Diego Maradona's death continued on Tuesday with police raids on the office and home of the psychiatrist who cared for the football player and is being investigated for possible medical negligence.

By order of the attorney general's office of San Isidro, officers entered an apartment used by Agustina Cosachov for consultations in Buenos Aires, while another group of police searched her private home.

Cosachov was part of a medical team that treated Maradona after he underwent surgery for bleeding on the brain in early November.

The 60-year-old former player died last Wednesday of heart attack at a house in a gated community of Buenos Aires where he was living during his rehabilitation.

Investigators determined no violence was involved in the case, but the prosecutor initiated an investigation into possible medical negligence that have led to Maradona's death, which caused an outpouring of emotion across Argentina and among football fans around the globe.

Police are also investigating neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, who cared for Maradona in recent months and participated with other specialists in the brain operation in November.

Officers also raided his home and office Sunday and took medical records of Maradona as well as computers, hard drives and cell phones.

Maradona suffered a series of medical problems, some due to excesses of drugs and alcohol.

He was reportedly near death in 2000 and 2004.

04:49 IST, December 2nd 2020