<p>Mystery shrouds the unnatural death of a young woman filmmaker in Kerala that took place four years ago.</p>.<p>Filmmaker Nayana Sooryan was found dead in a room at her rented house in Thiruvananthapuram on February 24, 2019. She was then 28.</p>.<p>Since her friends who first spotted the body said that the room was locked from inside, the police had concluded that it was a death by suicide.</p>.<p>However, the postmortem examination report that came out recently stated that there were marks of strangulation on her body. Subsequently her relatives demanded a detailed investigation.</p>.<p>Additional DGP (Law and Order) M R Ajith Kumar said that a murder angle was suspected and hence detailed probe by the Crime Branch would be ordered.</p>.<p>A preliminary inquiry had reportedly found lapses in the initial investigation. Already those who first spotted the body were quizzed again by the police again.</p>.<p>Sooryan started her career as assistant director with noted filmmaker Lenin Rajendran. Rajendran died in January 2019.</p>.<p>Sooryan was said to be mentally upset after Rajendran's death. She also independently directed a short film for an anthology.</p>
<p>Mystery shrouds the unnatural death of a young woman filmmaker in Kerala that took place four years ago.</p>.<p>Filmmaker Nayana Sooryan was found dead in a room at her rented house in Thiruvananthapuram on February 24, 2019. She was then 28.</p>.<p>Since her friends who first spotted the body said that the room was locked from inside, the police had concluded that it was a death by suicide.</p>.<p>However, the postmortem examination report that came out recently stated that there were marks of strangulation on her body. Subsequently her relatives demanded a detailed investigation.</p>.<p>Additional DGP (Law and Order) M R Ajith Kumar said that a murder angle was suspected and hence detailed probe by the Crime Branch would be ordered.</p>.<p>A preliminary inquiry had reportedly found lapses in the initial investigation. Already those who first spotted the body were quizzed again by the police again.</p>.<p>Sooryan started her career as assistant director with noted filmmaker Lenin Rajendran. Rajendran died in January 2019.</p>.<p>Sooryan was said to be mentally upset after Rajendran's death. She also independently directed a short film for an anthology.</p>
