Malayali doctor found dead in Australia

ALAPPUZHA: A Malayali dental doctor, Tinu Thomas, 28,  was on Friday found dead in his car in Melbourne, the Australian capital city where  he was  settled with his parents.    According to Sajan George, a close relative of  Tinu’s family in Edathua here, they were informed about   the incident by their cousins over  phone on Friday morning. Tinu was the only  son of  Sajan’s elder brother Thomas George and  Annie George. He said that they did not know the cause of the death  and whether his body would be brought  here.  They were told  that investigations were going on.

Tinu had  visited his ancestral house, Vettuparambil at   Edathua, three years ago along with his parents.    Thomas George had moved to South Africa in 1983 and worked  there as a teacher  for a long time. They migrated to Australia three years ago for the sake of the higher studies of their son. Tinu was born and brought up in South Africa. Sajan said that his cousins in Australia were trying to bring the body to Edathua where they have their property.