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Excise official found dead in hotel room

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Press Trust of India Balaghat (MP)
Last Updated : Sep 13 2014 | 6:40 PM IST
An assistant excise officer posted at Bhopal was found dead in a hotel room here today.
Devicharan Singh, the officer, had arrived yesterday as a part of flying squad of the department. He and his two associates had checked into hotel Sheetal Palace, Kotwali police station in-charge Ravi Bhadoria said.
When his associate, Arvind Sagar, knocked on the door of Singh's room, there was no response. The hotel staff entered the room through a window and found him unconscious in the bathroom, Bhadoria said.
Prima facie the reason of death was cardiac arrest, according to the police. His body has been sent for autopsy.

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First Published: Sep 13 2014 | 6:40 PM IST

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