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Sikh couple found dead after taking green pills in UK
An India-born Sikh Bollywood film worker and his partner have died at their home in Southall after allegedly taking green pills — 1,000 times stronger than morphine — while out clubbing.
Gagan Brar, 28, and Kamaldeep Kaur, 20, have been named locally as the couple found unresponsive in their bedroom by one of their flatmates on Havelock Road, Southall, on May 26. The three good friends they lived with initially thought they were having a lie-in but then finally one went into their bedroom and found them.
Paramedics and police were called but were unable to save them.
Brar was a driver for celebrities in the Bollywood film industry whenever they visited London.
Kaur worked in the hospitality industry and recently graduated from university.
Ealing Council issued a statement saying: "Over the bank holiday weekend, two people were found dead in Southall, following attendance at a nightclub in South London on Saturday 24 May. They are thought to have consumed green pills with an '80' on one face and possibly an 'OP' on the other."
Police have seized the remaining pills. Drug checking charity the Loop said testing confirmed the pills were nitazenes which are 50 to 500 times stronger than heroin.
The round green tablets look like oxycodone, an opioid painkiller, but the Loop said these pills contained N-Pyrrolidino isotonitazene, which is 1,000 times stronger than morphine, with traces of MDMA and ketamine.
A Met Police spokesperson said: "We are currently investigating the death of two people at a residential address in Havelock Road. Met officers were called on Monday, May 26, at 4pm. Paramedics from the London Ambulance Service attended the scene where both people were pronounced dead.
The deaths are being treated as unexpected and an investigation remains ongoing. Post-mortem examinations have been carried out and we await the results of toxicology findings.
" No arrests have been made.
A neighbour told Metro the cricket-loving couple were "just the nicest people you could meet". He said: "The guy drove Bollywood celebrities around and was on the crew, he had a bright future ahead of him. His partner was a beautiful, hard-working person. We used to meet up with them in the garden and watch the cricket World Cup. They were great company. His parents came to stay at one point. Very nice people – they will be devastated.
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