New Delhi: In a bizarre case, three persons from Kerala, a married couple and their friend were found dead in a hotel room in Arunachal Pradesh’s Ziro town on Tuesday. Some reports stated that the police suspected the trio fell prey to black magic. Their bodies were discovered after hotel staff checked their room following their prolonged absence. Prima facie, the three appeared to have bled to death from cuts on their wrists, said police. A note was also recovered from their hotel room, Indian Express reported.
The couple were identified as Naveen Thomas and his wife Devi, both 35 and Ayurveda doctors from Kottayam district. The third person was identified as Arya B Nair (29), a school teacher and resident of Thiruvananthapuram.
According to Keni Bagra, Superintendent of Police, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh, the three arrived at the hotel on March 28 and shared a room. When the hotel staff broke the locks and entered, they found all three guests lying lifeless inside the room Arya B Nair was found dead in bed, with self-harm marks on her wrist while Devi B was discovered on the floor with severe injuries to her neck and wrist. Meanwhile, Naveen Thomas was found deceased in the bathroom, with a cut on his wrist, the report added.
According to a Malayalam website Mathrubhumi, Arunachal Pradesh police said that they have recovered a suicide note from the room in which the couple were found dead along with their friend. The suicide note left police suspicious that if the couple fell prey to black magic.
“We have no debts. We don’t have any problems. We go to the place where we should be,” the suicide note signed by the three, read.