Chennai: A woman tourist from the Netherlands, identified as Linda Irene, was found dead in a hotel room at T Nagar here.
According to sources, Linda (24) had checked into the hotel at Venkatesan Street, T Nagar on Monday.
At the time of renting the room, she had introduced herself as a journalist to the hotel staff.
She also notified them that she would vacate on Thursday morning.
However, after the hotel staff did not see any sign of her till Thursday evening, they used a master key to open the door.
The staff found her lying dead on the bed and informed the police. Investigation officials suspect that she has committed suicide. It is also said that she was going through a financial crisis.
Unconfirmed sources said that a bottle containing some liquid substance was found in the hotel room.
According to police, Linda had reached the city on 3 July and stayed in two hotels. She checked into the first one through online booking. Police say she shifted to the second hotel since she could not afford the first hotel.
“We have found some books in which she had written in Dutch, we are trying to get it translated. She had come on a tourist visa and we are yet to understand if there was any purpose behind her visit. The hotel staff said she was struggling to pay rent and had asked for a discount,” police said. The police sent her body for post mortem to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital.