Youth found dead in guesthouse in Palampur

Palampur, August 7

The police recovered the body of a 23-year-old youth from a guesthouse here today. He had been reported missing since Thursday.

SHO, Palampur, Sandeep Sharma said that the police received a call from the owner of the guesthouse that a resident of Bundla village, who had checked in on Thursday, was lying unconscious in his room. A police team immediately reached the guesthouse and shifted the youth to the local Civil Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.

The police contacted his family members, who reached the hospital and identified the body. They said the youth had left his mobile phone at home while leaving for Palampur on Thursday and had been missing since then. They requested the police to find out who was with him at the guesthouse.

The SHO said that no liquor bottles or drugs were recovered from the guesthouse room. He added that the body was today handed over to the bereaved family after a postmortem. A case has been registered. — OC

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