Idukki: A 36-year-old nun was today found dead in a well near her convent in Kerala's Idukki district, with preliminary information suggesting that it was a case of suicide.

The nun, Elsa Maria, was suffering from depression earlier, police said, adding it is suspected that she had committed suicide last night at her Ullupponi convent. Preliminary information is that it is a case of suicide, Idukki police told PTI. The body has been sent to Kottayam Medical College for post-mortem.