Overview
- Victims, aged 18 and 20, were discovered unconscious in a Swaminarayan temple bathroom in Surat’s Dindoli area and were declared dead at hospitals.
- Family members recovered anaesthetic vials and syringes at the spot and handed them to Dindoli police, who seized additional physical evidence.
- Investigators say the phones showed ChatGPT queries on how to die by suicide plus a news clipping about a nurse allegedly using anaesthesia injections.
- Dindoli police registered an accidental death case, sent both phones to the Forensic Science Laboratory, and are seeking access to WhatsApp chats.
- CCTV placed the pair entering the temple toilet after leaving for college on Friday; they were childhood friends studying BCom at Wadia Women’s College and Udhna Citizen College.