20-year-old ends life in Amritsar hotel room

Amritsar, October 20

A 20-year-old youth committed suicide by hanging himself in a hotel room near the bus stand here on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Tajinder Singh, a resident of Macchiwara in the Khanna area.

The hotel staff informed the police that Tajinder checked in at 5 am on Monday and was to check out at 12 noon on Tuesday. When he didn’t check out till this morning, the hotel staff opened door of his room with a duplicate key. The staff found his body hanging from a ceiling fan in the room.

The staff said he was a resident of Kharar as mentioned on the Aadhaar card. On being informed, a police team from the Ram Bagh police station, led by SHO Ashwani Kumar, reached the spot and initiated investigation. The police found that Tajinder was a resident of Machhiwara. — TNS