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| PANAJI, India — Indian police said Thursday that an American tourist died earlier this week after a mob of villagers mistook him for a thief and chased him until he fell into a swampy rice paddy, where he choked on muddy water. | PANAJI, India — Indian police said Thursday that an American tourist died earlier this week after a mob of villagers mistook him for a thief and chased him until he fell into a swampy rice paddy, where he choked on muddy water. |
| The tourist, identified by his passport as 30-year-old Caitanya Holt, was eventually pulled out of the mud by police using ropes on Tuesday, but he was declared dead on arrival at a local hospital in the western state of Goa, police officer Umesh Gaonkar said. | |
| The cause of death has not yet been determined. Police were waiting for U.S. Consulate officials to arrive from Mumbai to carry out an autopsy, Gaonkar said. | The cause of death has not yet been determined. Police were waiting for U.S. Consulate officials to arrive from Mumbai to carry out an autopsy, Gaonkar said. |
| On Wednesday, the Press Trust of India reported that Holt had drowned in a rice paddy, citing the state’s highest elected official, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. | On Wednesday, the Press Trust of India reported that Holt had drowned in a rice paddy, citing the state’s highest elected official, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. |
| American officials have asked Indian authorities for details about his death and are in contact with Holt’s family in the U.S., said Heidi Hattenbach, a consular information officer. | American officials have asked Indian authorities for details about his death and are in contact with Holt’s family in the U.S., said Heidi Hattenbach, a consular information officer. |
| Gaonkar said villagers grew suspicious of Holt, who had arrived in India in July, when he stopped some strangers and went into some homes in a village on the outskirts of the state capital, Panaji. The villagers could not understand his English and apparently mistook him for a thief, he said. A laptop was also recovered from Holt, he said. | Gaonkar said villagers grew suspicious of Holt, who had arrived in India in July, when he stopped some strangers and went into some homes in a village on the outskirts of the state capital, Panaji. The villagers could not understand his English and apparently mistook him for a thief, he said. A laptop was also recovered from Holt, he said. |
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