panaji on an average around four unnatural deaths are being registered every day in the state that makes up for approximately 1400 cases every year these include unclaimed bodies suicides drownings selfaccidents and other cases from 2017 till february 2021 over 7500 unnatural death cases have been registered in the state a senior officer said that any person who dies under various circumstances and when doctors are unable to provide the cause of death such cases are converted into unnatural deathmost of the unnatural death cases are registered in mapusa calangute margao and ponda a senior officer said that most of the cases that have been recorded as unnatural deaths arise out of accidents and suicidesthe officer said that many of these deaths are of men aged between 30 and 60 who have committed suicide due to stress financial constraints and personal relationshipshe said that most of the cases are reported in urban areas as migrant labourers come to goa in search of jobs and tend to sleep on the footpaths in gardens or open spaces and are later found deadwhen the cause of death is not known police register it an unnatural death the officer said police have registered many unnatural deaths of foreign nationals who are found dead in their rooms or open spaces after their family members pressed for an investigation some of those were later converted into murder cases last month a case of unnatural death of a nigerian national was registered by anjuna police after he was suspected to have died of drug overdose police said that around 530am on saturday a taxi driver halted his vehicle for help near a restaurant after his nigerian passenger had turned violent thereafter the restaurant staff called the police to the spotin the case involving british teenager scarlett keeling at anjuna beach police initially registered it as an unnatural death but later converted it into murder