J&K: Three youth were found dead inside a room at a hotel in Bhadarwah area of Doda district, officials said on Thursday. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Doda, Sandeep Mehta said that the preliminary inquiry suggest it as a case of “asphyxiation”.
Giving details, the SSP said that police received a call from the brother of one the deceased persons, stating that there was no response to the repeated phone calls. Subsequently, he said, location of the phone was traced. In the meantime, he said, one of the several teams constituted for the purpose, traced the vehicle in which the brother of the caller traveled to Bhaderwah from Jammu.
Upon further investigation, he said, it came to the fore that three persons had booked room at Royal Inn Guest House.
“There was no response after the room was knocked repeatedly and subsequently the door was broken and police found three persons in unconscious state with two of them lying on bed and another inside washroom,” he said, adding, “Teams of doctors and forensics were called in and doctors declared them as dead.”
He said that while investigations are underway, preliminary inquiry suggests it to be case of asphyxiation. “A charcoal heater was found inside the room and it appears to be case of asphyxiation but reports from forensic is awaited and further investigations are underway.”
The deceased were identified as Mukesh Singh son of Kuldeep Singh, resident of Domana in Jammu; Ashutosh Singh Rana son of Daleep Singh Rana, resident of Bhela, Doda, at present Purkhoo in Jammu and Sunny Choudhary.
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