KOCHI: Cinema production controller Shanu Ismail was found dead in a private hotel on Monday. Shanu's body was found around 3 pm today by the hotel staff. The production controller has been in this hotel for the past ten days.

It was on September 11th that Shanu took the room. The hotel officials turned suspicious after not spotting Shanu for a long time. This forced them to barge into the room, only to find him dead in the bathroom. The Central Police has started an investigation into the incident.

The museum police had earlier registered a case against Shanu, on the complaint of an actress based in Thiruvananthapuram. The actress complained of sexual assault from Shanu in the pretext of giving a role in a movie. The museum police registered a case in the incident, that took place in 2008.