Body of British tourist found dumped in plastic bag in India
Murder hunt launched after tourist found dead in New Delhi with his arms and feet tied
The 40-year-old man had a British passport in his pocket which police said bore the name Rodick Andrew Reymond Photo: BARCROFT MEDIA
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10:30AM BST 28 Apr 2014
The body of a murdered Briton wrapped in a plastic bag has been found dumped outside shops in New Delhi.
The 40-year-old man had a British passport in his pocket which police said bore the name Andrew Roddick. The body was found on Sunday morning at a market in the capital, a Delhi police spokesman said.
"It is a murder. We found the body in a decomposed state," said spokesman Vijay Kumar.
Local newspapers reported that the man, found wrapped in a large blue plastic bag, appeared to have been beaten around the head. He also had burn marks on his face, according to reports, although this could not be confirmed with police.
When police opened the bag they found the Mr Reymond's hands and feet were tied and a catalogue of injuries - including what appeared to be cigarette burns - to his arms, head and face.
Police said Reymond appeared to have died of head injuries. 'It appears that he was hit in the head with a heavy and blunt object,' a police source told The Indian Express.
'His body was then stuffed into the plastic bag. It also appears that he was stubbed by a cigarette or his skin burnt with a lighter. Nothing is, however, clear as the post-mortem report is not out. The exact cause and time of death will be clear once the report is out.'
"Other details will be known after the autopsy report," an investigating officer from Nizamuddin police station said.
He appeared to have been staying a guesthouse nearby.
Police were trying to determine whether his badly damaged passport was genuine, the Hindustan Times said. The passport showed he had arrived in India two months ago on a tourist visa, the Times of India said.
The crowded Nizamuddin area where the body was found is home to a Sufi shrine popular with tourists.
Some 20.7 million foreign nationals visited India during 2012, according to the latest figures from the ministry of tourism, with New Delhi high on the itinerary.
The safety of tourists in India was highlighted in January, after rape cases involving German and Danish tourists and a Polish woman living in the country.
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