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Nun found dead in well at Kerala convent, police suicide suspected

Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | By
May 08, 2020 02:57 AM IST

The exact cause of the nun’s death was not immediately known and police said it will be determined only when they get her post-mortem report.

A 21-year-old nun was found dead in a well at a convent at Thiruvalla in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district on Thursday, the state police said.

The nun had been staying at the convent for more than a year.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The nun had been staying at the convent for more than a year.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Police and fire service personnel rushed to the scene and took out the body of the nun, who had been staying at the convent for more than a year.

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The exact cause of her death was not immediately known and police said it will be determined only when they get her post-mortem report. Police suspect it to be a case of suicide. “As of now, no foul play is suspected,” said a police officer on the condition of anonymity and added the nun was undergoing training.

Police have registered an unnatural death case.

A student was found dead in a well at a convent in Kerala’s Kottayam in 1992. It was initially dismissed as a case of suicide before investigators concluded the student had been murdered.

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