A British couple
holidaying in India has been found dead. Surrounded by sleeping pills,
anti-depressants and empty bottles of cough syrup, their bodies were discovered
in their hotel room.
Police say James
and Alex Gaskell – both teachers with first-class degrees – died of an overdose
in their locked room near the Taj Mahal. A guide book, travel bag, mobile phone
and other holiday paraphernalia was found on their bed.
The shocking scene
is a stark contrast to the happy image that Mrs. Gaskell, 24, had posted a few
days earlier of the couple smiling in front of a temple in Delhi. Her
27-year-old husband had posted a series of messages on Twitter outlining his
casual attitude to drugs. His final tweet, on Sunday, two days before their
bodies were found, said how easy they were to obtain in India.
India is a
popular destination for drugs tourists keen to acquire powerful prescription
medicines from chemists, with few questions asked. It is unclear whether the
couple died from an overdose of prescription drugs or from another substance.
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