The death of a 23-year-old foreign tourist, whose half-burnt body was recovered by the police from inside a hotel room at the CT Road here in the late night hours on Friday, is shrouded in mystery.
Sources said German national Vincent Julian during his visit to the pilgrim city was staying at hotel ‘I love’ since April 3. On Friday, he had gone to bed after taking his dinner.In the late night hours, the hotel staff found smoke emanating from Julian’s room. They rushed to the room, which was open.Following information, a team from the Sea Beach police station rushed to the spot. Julian’s body was found lying in the bed with nearly 70 per cent burn injuries.
The police found a huge quantity of sedative drugs, a syringe and a laptop besides his visa and passport in the room. Preliminary investigation revealed that Vincent was in the room for the entire day. Sources said the death could be a preplanned murder or a sheer accident. Some suspect Julian was a drug addict and the fire may have started from a cigarette butt.
However, the exact cause of the death would be known after post-mortem, police said. While the police have sealed the hotel room, the body was taken for post-mortem on Saturday.The police informed the German Embassy in New Delhi regarding the mishap.