Malayalam film and television actor Dileep Shankar was found dead in a hotel room on Sunday. Reports have it that the police have registered a complaint after a hotel staff member found him dead in the room. Reportedly, Dileep checked into the hotel room about four days back while he was shooting for a TV show called Panchagni. The update further claimed that the hotel staff shared that Dileep had not left his room for two days, and the foul smell led them to break into the room where they found him dead.

Dileep Shankar dead

A report in Hindustan Times claims that Dileep had checked into the hotel in Thiruvananthapuram four days ago. After two days of him not leaving the room, the foul smell emanating from the room led the hotel staff to barge in. After they found him dead, the staff immediately informed the police, who arrived on the scene. Cantonment ACP told News9Live that the information about the cause of death and other aspects of the case will be disclosed after the post-mortem, though no foul play has been detected, according to the police.