On Tuesday (20th August), the dead body of a 28-year-old woman was recovered from a hotel room in Bareilly city of Uttar Pradesh.
As per reports, the room was booked two days earlier by a man using the identity card of ‘Mohammed Alam’. The staff at the ‘Hotel Preet Palace’ discovered a foul smell exuding from the room on Tuesday.
On opening the gate using a duplicate key, they found the dead body of the woman. The hotel staff thereafter immediately called the police.
उत्तर प्रदेश : बरेली के होटल में 28 वर्षीय लड़की की लाश मिली। गला कटा हुआ था। कपड़े भी अस्त-व्यस्त थे। बुर्का अलग पड़ा मिला है। इससे आशंका है कि लड़की मुस्लिम थी। होटल का ये कमरा मोहम्मद आलम की ID पर बुक हुआ था, जो अब लापता है। pic.twitter.com/Ed7brwfYU9
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On reaching the spot, the police found that the throat of the victim had been slit. There were 5 deep wounds on her body, including the shoulder. The cops also found a burqa on the bed.
Following a preliminary investigation, a police official said that the girl was made unconscious before the murder. Cops believe that the woman was brought to the hotel with the sinister plan to murder.
The accused man, who booked the hotel room, is believed to be Mohammed Alam. He is a resident of Azamnagar in Bareilly. Alam had left the hotel facility on Monday.
स्थानीय पुलिस मौके पर मौजूद है। आवश्यक कार्यवाही की जा रही है।
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) August 20, 2024
After collecting information from the hotel owner Karanpreet Singh, the body of the woman was sent for post-mortem. It had come to light that the hotel did not take the identity card of the victim at the time of check-in.
In the meantime, the police have sealed the room where the murder took place. They also seized the Aadhar card of Mohammed Alam. The cops are now trying to establish the identity of the victim.
According to Superintendent of Police Rahu Bhati, the murder took place at least 10-12 hours before the discovery of the body. “Police teams have been deployed to search for Mohammed Alam. The postmortem of the body is being done. The accused will be caught soon,” he added.