The Death of Paranormal Investigator Gaurav Tiwari and the Haunted Speculations

The death of a paranormal investigator in India was shrouded in rumors for a long time. After Gaurav Tiwari was found dead in 2016, people started to speculate whether something paranormal was the cause behind it.

In 2016, the prominent Indian paranormal investigator, Gaurav Tiwari was found dead in his home at only 32 years old. The police declared his death as a suicide, but speculations about what happened, ranging from something foul play, possession by evil forces to the power of a vengeful ghost, started to circulate. His death became a mystery, not unlike what he spent his life investigating. Let’s have a look at what happened back then and the stories it spawned.

Background as a Paranormal Investigator

The death of a paranormal investigator in India was shrouded in rumors for a long time. After Gaurav Tiwari was found dead in 2016, people started to speculate whether something paranormal was the cause behind it. — **Gaurav Tiwari:** 2 September 1984 – 7 July 2016 (aged 31) was a well known paranormal investigator in India whose death sparked much speculations.

Gaurav Tiwari emerged as a figure of the paranormal and mysterious in India. He appeared in numerous TV shows like MTV Girls Night Out and Haunted Weekends, documentaries and podcasts where he discussed and tried to investigate the paranormal.

Instead of pursuing his career in aviation, he decided to found the Indian Paranormal Society and for years, Tiwari and his team searched the labyrinthine landscape of India, venturing into the darkest recesses of abandoned buildings, ancient ruins, and haunted locales.

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His interests in the paranormal had started after he moved to Florida when he was 21 and moved into an apartment together with four other people. In 2007 as he was studying to become a pilot, he claimed to have experienced poltergeist like phenomena and heard whispers coming from nowhere. One of his other flatmates claimed to have seen the apparition of a young girl. They heard footsteps in the attic and ended up fleeing the house as the haunting wouldn’t stop.

This initial interest started to take over his life, eventually turning into a lifelong passion as well as a career. Over the course of his work he investigated more than 6000 alleged haunted locations as well as delving into UFO abductions and mysterious creatures.

The Death of Gaurav Tiwari

On a fateful night in July 2016, the world of paranormal investigation was plunged into darkness as news of Tiwari’s tragic demise spread like wildfire. His lifeless body was discovered in his home on July 7th in Dwarka, New Delhi and it looked like a suicide.

The news of his death came as a shock as there seemed to be no reason for him taking his life. He was newly married, had appeared on the cover of a magazine, tweeting and going to work like normally. He died on a Thursday and the days leading up to it seemed completely fine.

That Wednesday he had been investigating an alleged haunted house in Delhi’s Janakpuri and didn’t return back home until 1:30 that night in his apartment in Dwarka sector 19 he shared with his wife and parents. He fought with his wife when he came back that night, but the next day he was back to his normal self according to his family.

The Thursday evening he was checking his mails few moments before heading to his bathroom. His wife had heard a big thud from the bathroom at around 11, and when she came back to check on him as he didn’t give a life sign. Together with a neighbor they had to force their way through the door. There they found him on the floor. Although he was rushed to the hospital, they were unable to save his life.

Speculation about his Death

So what happened if everything seemed fine? There was seemingly a lot of confusion about his sudden death and people started to talk. Some of the speculations were of course connected to his life work, the paranormal.

To Times of India, Gaurav Tiwari’s father told that he had been feeling “a negative force was pulling him towards it.“

He was found with black marks on his necks, something that according to his family, Tiwari often talked about being a sign of revenge of spirits in distress. Often citing the movie The Omen from 1976 where such black lines seemed to also appear from nowhere.

His father persisted with the theory that they had numerous spirit sightings at home, all having occurred within five feet of his son who saw them although others didn’t.

To his wife he had said a month before his death that “he was trying to control it but seemed unable to do so.” His wife had not thought much about it and thought he was just depressed because of the heavy work that his family was unaware of.

Police Investigation of his Death

The Delhi Police concluded that the cause of death was asphyxiation as he had hanged himself in the bathroom. According to Surender Kumar, DCP said: “It is a clear case of suicide. He hanged himself in the bathroom using his wife’s dupatta on Thursday night”

Further investigation showed that his work had seemingly dried up and that his project didn’t really bring in a lot of money, although he was well known. This caused arguments between him and his family that wanted him to get a more conventional job, including his wife.

The argument the night he had died had lasted for almost two hours and during police investigation it was also revealed that the wife thought he was cheating as he spent long nights outside of his home. His broken phone was recovered from his room and although it didn’t really give any conclusive evidence of anything, it indicated that he was indeed tired and upset of being questioned by his family.

The Enduring Legend of Gaurav Tiwari

As we reflect on the life and work of Gaurav Tiwari, we are confronted with the sobering reality of our own mortality—a reminder that in the shadowy realm of the paranormal, death is but a gateway to the mysteries that lie beyond.

It is also a case of how we are confronted by death, we often try to deflect and come up with some other forces that are taking our lives instead of ourselves. Even within the community of those seeking death and the afterlife.