Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 7: In mysterious circumstances, a 21-year-old youth was found dead in a hotel room in upper Gumat area, here today.
According to a police sources, a youth namely Arun Sharma son of Subhash Sharma, resident of House No 156, Rajiv Colony, Bikram Chowk, was found dead this morning in a room of Hotel Amar at upper Gumat Bazaar, Jammu. They said body of the deceased was handed over to his legal heirs for last rites after getting conducted postmortem at Government medical College and Hospital, Jammu.
Sources said some syringes and empty bottles of wine were also recovered from the hotel room, where the body of the deceased was found. They said it is clear case of overdose of drugs, however, the exact reason of the death will be known after the postmortem report comes out.
“In this connection, inquest proceeding has been initiated under Section 174 CrPC at police post Hari Market”, police sources further said, adding, in initial investigation of the police, it has also come to fore that the deceased was an employee of Luminous company (which deals in batteries) and had come to hotel last night along with one of his friends/neighbours, who left the room early in the morning.
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