Kenyan couple found dead in India

INDIA – Usha Kundu, assistant commissioner of police, headquarters, said that they received a call on Monday evening from the PG owner, informing them of the incident. “A team from the Sushant Lok police station was sent to the spot. The PG staff and friends of the couple had already broken open the room’s main door, but found no one in the room. When they tried to open the bathroom, it was found locked from the inside, following which they informed police,” she said.

A police team as well as a team from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) visited the PG and took the fingerprints and other samples of the two who had died, the police said. “The woman was found lying on the floor of the bathroom and the man was found hanging, by a hook, from the geyser,” said Kundu.

The police are suspecting that the woman was strangulated, as there were no external injuries, and the man hanged himself after that.

The police found passports of both the deceased from the room. The deceased man was identified as one Mbaya David Kiogora, also a Kenyan national, but the police are yet to ascertain where he was working and for how long he was staying with the woman. The neighbours told the police that they had seen the man for the first time on February 15, in the company of the woman.

The police said that the man was not seen earlier, but the friends of the couple said that they lived together. A team of police also visited the school where the woman worked to get details about her and also to collect a copy of her visa letter, said police.

Kundu said that the woman was last seen entering the PG on February 15 evening. Her family members tried to contact her, but their calls went unanswered, following which the family members of the woman got suspicious and contacted her friends, who then visited the PG on Monday and found her room locked from the inside.

hey were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were declared dead. The bodies were sent to Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The police informed the embassy concerned and the family members of the deceased on Monday evening.

“We are in touch with the embassy and they have initiated the formalities. We are waiting for the family members to reach, following which the post-mortem examination will be conducted and the bodies will be handed over to them. We are yet to ascertain what exactly they did for a living and what led to the alleged murder and suicide,” said Kundu.

Meanwhile, the Sushant Lok police said they have registered a case under Section 174 (police to inquire and report on suicide) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

Source-hindustantimes.com