Goan model who knew Anunay Sood alleges deceased influencer regularly did drugs?

LAS VEGAS: In another startling development, a model from the coastal state of Goa in western India, who apparently knew the Dubai-based, Indian travel Influencer Anunay Sood has alleged that the jet-setting 32-year-old traveller regularly did drugs as a “recreational past-time or just to be part of the gang”. The name and identity of the Goan influencer has been withheld on request.

In a damming report, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) released key details recently regarding the sudden death of influencer Anunay Sood on November 4, 2025. According to reports, he was found unresponsive in his Wynn Las Vegas hotel room, while another report earlier had claimed, his unresponsive body was found lying on the road.

While further investigation is ongoing, the initial reports have mentioned drug use as the possible cause of his death. Anunay Sood was found unresponsive in his hotel room at the Wynn Las Vegas on the morning of November 4, 2025. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) responded to a call from the hotel, where they discovered Sood’s lifeless body. According to the LVMPD report, officers assisted the Clark County Coroner’s Office in processing the scene, which led to the filing of a non-criminal/medical report. Although authorities have not yet confirmed the exact cause of death, preliminary details suggest a potential drug overdose, claimed media reports in various outlets.

Of 32 years, family and friends tried to first pass off the sudden death as “cardiac arrest” but it is now clear that narcotics “may have played a role”. According to the police investigation, Sood was accompanied by two women, one of whom was identified as his fiancee, Shivani Parihar from New Delhi. Parihar is yet to make any public statement on Sood’s tragic demise.

The group reportedly met a man at around 4 am on the morning of the incident to purchase what they believed to be cocaine. After returning to the hotel room, the trio allegedly snorted the white substance using a USD 100 bill before falling asleep. It is possible the substance was spurious or mixed with another chemical, which could have caused death, police sources have said.

Prior to snorting cocaine, Sood was partying in a casino where other international celebs from the racing circuit were around. Many of them were seen doing drugs or consuming narcotic substances and it is very likely that Sood was also part of the same group.