Police have registered a case of alleged rape and murder against two accused including one police constable in the case wherein a woman was found dead in a hotel room in Haridwar on Sunday.
The woman, 35-year-old Anu Tyagi from Dehradun was found dead in the room of a hotel at Ranipur Mod. After her body was found, it was ascertained that the hotel room had been booked by police constable Deepak Chauhan.
According to the information provided by official sources, the woman found dead in the hotel was a beautician and had come to Haridwar regarding her work.
Police have registered a case of rape and murder against constable Deepak Chauhan and an unidentified person. According to police, the hotel room in which the woman’s body was found had been booked by constable Deepak Chauhan.
Taking this matter seriously, a case has been registered against Chauhan and another person on the directions of the Haridwar SSP Senthil Avoodai Krishnaraj S.
Also, instructions have been given to SP City, Kamlesh Upadhyay to investigate the case. In the case, hotel manager Anil Verma said that two policemen had come from the Mayapur post on Saturday evening and had informed that a guest of the CO would be coming to the hotel for which they had asked for a room to be booked.
The manager had asked the constable for a slip stating so but Chauhan didn’t give it then and said that it would be delivered to the hotel later.
The guests- a man and a woman came to the hotel at 8 PM on Saturday and were given a room.
When the manager asked for the woman’s ID, the man accompanying her had said that he is from the police. Considering this, the hotel manager gave him a room.
When the door was knocked the next morning, there was no response from the inside. After this, the hotel staff called the police who broke open the door and found the body of the woman on the bed.
SP city, Kamlesh Upadhyay said that a case has been registered with Kotwali inspector Praveen Koshyari as the investigation officer.
The viscera of the woman has been preserved while the post mortem report is still awaited. The exact cause of death is expected to be ascertained in the post mortem report.
