Woman found dead in hotel

Tribune News Service

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Amritsar, March 2

A woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a hotel room here on Monday. The deceased is reportedly a dancer who checked into the hotel with a youth on Sunday night.

According to information, she was accompanied by Manjit Singh of Jaintipur village. When her health deteriorated suddenly in the night, the youth got afraid and fled left the hotel.

Gurwinder Singh, SHO, Division B police station, said the body had been sent for a post-mortem examination and a case was being registered against Manjit Singh after establishing his identity from the documents submitted at the time of check in.

“The deceased belonged to an economically-weaker family and joined an orchestra to make both ends meet. Manjit usually accompanied her to events and last night, when they got late, they decided to stay at a hotel,” he said.

When no one came out of the room till Monday afternoon, the hotel management opened the room and found the woman dead.