A tourist who hailed from Uttar Pradesh was found dead in a resort at Varkala on Tuesday.
The Varkala Police identified the deceased as Vidya Raghavan (59) of Lucknow. She is known to have been staying at a homestay at Varkala for nearly two months.
According to the police, she was found unconscious in the resort pool around 6 p.m. She used to visit the resort for swimming lessons. After being found floating in the pool by the resort staff, she was rushed to a hospital nearby where the death was confirmed.
While the post-mortem examination report is awaited, the police suspect cardiac arrest as the cause of death.