Thread: Briton dies of Yoga

Does CSI:TD have an Indian office?

A much-loved dad who had recently retired to India accidentally fell into a river and drowned while enjoying his daily ritual of yoga practice.
Iain Francis, of Moretonhampstead in Devon, is thought to have hit his head as he fell on March 26, 2019, and was probably already unconscious by the time he entered the water.
His daughter Angela told an inquest at Exeter’s County Hall on Tuesday: ‘He went to India in October 2018 to enjoy his retirement in warmer climate where he could stretch and climatise. He intended indeed to come back in the spring.’
Iain, 68, had no known medical conditions and was described as being ‘extremely’ health and fit for his age. He did yoga every day to ease pain in his hips and knees.
The inquest heard the family had to wait a long time for more information about his death from the Foreign Commonwealth Office and the Indian authorities due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Before retiring Iain was a plumber but had also worked as a financial consultant across 13 countries including Nigeria, Vietnam and Bangladesh.
He travelled to India alone after retiring and had been staying in the district of Koppal in Karnataka.
He died at the Hanumanahalli Thungabhandra River Gangavathi.

British dad-of-three drowns in hotel yoga fall after retiring to India | Metro News

Iain was a plumber but had also worked as a financial consultant across 13 countries including Nigeria, Vietnam and Bangladesh.

thats quite a career change.

The only thing useful he done was to be a Plumber. Plumbers are right up there with ditch diggers. I've got a plumber mate that told me. Hey BLD . Your shits my bread n butter. Har har. Blurter innit

Originally Posted by taxexile

thats quite a career change.

Up there with a taxi driver/scientific English teecher, eh?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Before retiring Iain was a plumber but had also worked as a financial consultant across 13 countries including Nigeria, Vietnam and Bangladesh.
He travelled to India alone after retiring and had been staying in the district of Koppal in Karnataka.

Interesting CV I'd wager.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

he could stretch and climatise

Mmm

RIP

Beyond a yoke a lesson to all of us balance is more than your cash in the bank

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Up there with a taxi driver/scientific English teecher, eh?

triggered obsessive simian stalker alert. again.

Smacks of a hit man job.
All those dodgy countries financially advising who....

Certainly does sound suspicious, financial advisors are a dime a dozen in Asia. Could have upset some boiler room types?

The plot thickens....