Kottayam, Nov 19, 2023: Malayalam actor Vinod Thomas was found dead inside a parked car at a hotel near Pampady in Kottayam, Kerala. The 45-year-old actor’s death was reported after the hotel’s management informed that a person had been inside a car parked on its premises for a long time, police said.
"We found him inside the car and took him to a nearby hospital. Doctors examined him and declared him dead," police said and added that the body has been sent for postmortem to ascertain the cause of death.
The reason behind Vinod Thomas’ death has not been revealed. As per various reports, it is suspected that the cause of death may have been inhalation of poisonous gas from the AC of the car. The police said that this could be confirmed only after the postmortem.