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02/01/2007
British man found dead in India
A British holidaymaker has been found hanged in a town in India.
Stephen Bennett, 40, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was found dead in the town of Roha, south-east of Mumbai, on December 12.
Mr Bennett had been on a week-long holiday in India and had been due to return home for Christmas.
The Foreign Office confirmed that Indian police were treating the death as murder. A spokesperson said that four Indian men had been arrested but said that the Foreign Office did not know if they had been charged.
Roha is an industrial town with a population of around 90,000, located 75 miles south-east of Mumbai.
The town is also 20 miles from the tourist destination of Murud Janjira and is served by the popular Konkan Railway service.
(KMcA)
Stephen Bennett, 40, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was found dead in the town of Roha, south-east of Mumbai, on December 12.
Mr Bennett had been on a week-long holiday in India and had been due to return home for Christmas.
The Foreign Office confirmed that Indian police were treating the death as murder. A spokesperson said that four Indian men had been arrested but said that the Foreign Office did not know if they had been charged.
Roha is an industrial town with a population of around 90,000, located 75 miles south-east of Mumbai.
The town is also 20 miles from the tourist destination of Murud Janjira and is served by the popular Konkan Railway service.
(KMcA)
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