Body found inside Parijaat Restaurant in Silchar's Goldighi Mall; possible case of drug overdose

Silchar: On Friday afternoon, a body of a person was recovered under mysterious circumstances inside Silchar's Goldighi Mall.

The person identified as Sohum Gowalla entered the washroom of Parijaat Restaurant in the food court and stayed in locked for more than an hour and a half. The restaurant employees apparently started knocking the door witnessing the delay but there was no response from the other side.

The mall manager was called by the restaurant manager who then informed the matter to the Police.

The manager also asked owner namely JP Das to reach the restaurant as soon as possible.

After breaking the door, Sohum Gowalla was found lying next to the toilet.

Meanwhile, Police reached the spot, however, the owner of the shop who is a doctor by profession examined the boy and declared him dead.

Following the incident, Parijaat employees then searched the washroom and found out a syringe lying on the floor. There are marks in Gowalla's hand which indicates towards a drug overdose. From his pocket, a money receipt was found which suggests he paid Rs 2300 to Jibon Ananda de-addiction and rehabilitation centre for addicts and alcoholics.

"We have sent the body for postmortem we will also examine the entire CCTV footage. For now, we would not like to speculate," says the Police.

JP Das in his official statement said, "My employees told me he came in as a normal customer and went to the washroom, but he did not step out for hours which forced us to break the door."

There are many unanswered questions which, hopefully, the police can shed some light on after a thorough investigation. For now, one more life lost and the circumstantial evidence indicate the involvement of drugs.