Woman who went to India to treat depression drugged, raped and beheaded

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    Collect photos of missing 33-year-old Irish tourist Liga Skromane. Police are investigating a potential sighting of a missing Irish tourist who hasn't been seen since she left Indian wellness retreat with a taxi driver nearly a MONTH ago. See story SWIRISH.Liga Skromane, 33, from Dublin, was in India with her sister Ilze, 30, on a six-week trip when she skipped a morning yoga session due to a "headache".A three-wheeler driver said Liga asked him to take her to a nearby beach, and she hasn't been seen since.The Indian military held a five-day underwater and deep sea diving search in a bid to find her earlier this month.But police are now investigating an apparent sighting reported by a Belgium traveler who claims to have seen her 90km away in a neighbouring state.Control room ACP and investigating officer V Sureshkumar said: “I ordered a police team who were conducting a search in Velankanni to rush to Rameswaram. "We passed on the information to the police team who have already started from Velankanni. "According to the information received, a foreigner was seen roaming around at Rameswaram. “The search operations were done in the last five days by the Indian Navy and Air Force, so we have decided to intensify the search on land.

     

    A woman who was being treated for depression in India was found hanging upside down after suffering a brutal death. Liga Skromane, a Latvian living in Dublin, was drugged, raped and beheaded before her body was taken to woodland in Thiruvallam, India.

    She was then hanged upside down in the mangrove forest and her badly decomposing body was found on April 21. Liga, 33, had travelled to the country to be treated for her depression at an ayurvedic centre, NDTV reported.

    She vanished a few weeks after arriving and police said that she was lured to her death by two men who forced her to take drugs and raped her.

    Her sister Ilze told NDTV:

    ‘I am aware of the police investigations and they have been in touch with me. For now I am focusing on the funeral. ‘

    She loved Kerala and had received a lot of love and support, we don’t want to leave India with only bad memories.

    Sources described the suspects as drug peddlers and one of them is a known sex offender, targeting both men and women. A post-mortem has been carried out and despite her body being badly decomposed they found evidence of drugs, sexual assault and being strangled.


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