Young British newlyweds - both with first class degrees - found dead in a hotel near the Taj Mahal

 

Surrounded by sleeping pills, anti-depressants and empty bottles of cough syrup, these are the bodies of two British newly-weds found dead in an Indian hotel.

Police say James and Alex Gaskell – both teachers with first-class degrees – died of an overdose in their locked room near the Taj Mahal.

A guide book, travel bag, mobile phone and other holiday paraphernalia can be seen on their double bed.

 

This is the harrowing final scene in the lives of James and Alex Gaskell. The picture, issued by Indian police, shows them surrounded by packs of the drugs that claimed their lives. Readers may find it distressing, but the Mail is publishing it, with the bodies pixellated, in the hope it will serve as a warning against the horrific dangers of casual drug use.

--Souce: Daily Mail