Surat: Police investigation into the mysterious death of a 22-year-old marketing professional has revealed that she had consumed some poisonous substance during New Year celebration organized in a hotel room on Gaurav Path on January 2.
Tanvi Bhadani was found dead in a room of an OYO hotel in Ripple Mall. She went there with her friend and colleague Pankaj Gohil. Three other couples and a group of friends were with them. They celebrated New Year, cut cake, ate food and consumed liquor. During the celebration, Bhadani went into the bathroom and spent some time.
When her friends asked her the reason for sudden dizziness, Tanvi Bhadani told them that she had consumed poison. Her friends immediately made her vomit by inserting fingers in mouth. However, when they decided to call an ambulance, Bhadani told them that it was a prank.
Believing her, her friends did not take her to the doctor and the next morning she was found dead.
Earlier, her father Dilip, had told police in a statement that Bhadani had heart and breathing related ailments since childhood and she could have died due to that. Preliminary postmortem findings suggested that she died due to blood clotting that led to heart attack.
On coming out, she complained of dizziness. “Some of her friends claim that Bhadani told them about consuming poison while few others say that she had played a prank. We can reach to some conclusion only after getting the viscera and histopathology reports,” said a police officer.
Gohil was with Bhadani in the room during the night. When she did not wake up, he called his other friends from neighbouring rooms. They checked and found Bhadani not breathing. Later, the other friends left and Gohil informed Bhadani’s parents.
Gohil is into marketing of medical products and Bhadani also worked for him. Gohil’s family earlier lived in the city and knew the Bhadani family. Gohil had helped her father set up a shop of diamond machine tools besides giving her a job.
Party for patch-up
Surat: Gohil and Bhadani had gone toSilvassa on December 29 and spent two days there. They had an argument over Bhadani wearing short clothes in parties. “Bhadani knew that Gohil was married and she was demanding that he should spend as much time with her as he gives to his wife. However, Gohil’s refusal led to tussle between them,” said police. In order to patch up with Gohil, Bhadani planned the party at the hotel in the city.