UAE woman’s body found at hotel in southern India

KOZHIKODE,— A 40-year-old tourist from the United Arab Emirates was found unresponsive in her hotel room in Kozhikode, a city in southern India, Friday evening and was later pronounced dead at a private hospital, local media reported.

Police identified the woman as Zainab Ali Juma Mohammed Al Marzouqi, a resident of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.

She had traveled to Kerala with her family on a tourist trip and was staying at a well-known hotel on Jaffer Khan Colony Road, officials said.

Hotel staff discovered her unconscious in her room and rushed her to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared her dead.

Nadakkavu Police were alerted to the death Friday evening.

Officers went to the hotel and opened an inquest along with a preliminary probe, authorities said.

The exact cause of death, and whether foul play was involved, will be confirmed after an autopsy, police said.

Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is a city on Kerala’s Malabar Coast in southern India.

In a separate case, Emirati tourists were arrested in Thailand Thursday after fleeing a traffic checkpoint and injuring a Thai police officer.

(With files from Indian Agencies)

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