A 29-year-old youth from Patna, who was in city to attend a marriage ceremony of his friend was found dead in a hotel at Sakchi on Tuesday morning.

The victim was identified as Kumar Mangalam. He was rushed  to Tata Main Hospital where the doctors on  emergency duty declared him as brought dead. Mangalam who was an engineer was engaged and was  about to get married in March.

One of his friends, Sonu Singh, said that they had come from Patna in a marriage of their friend Rohit Sahdeo of Ranchi.

 " We are in state of shock. He was all fine till last night. We were four friends, Mangalam, Saurabh Singh, Naveen Kumar and myself had come from Patna to Ranchi for accompanying our friend Rohit Sahdev of Ranchi.  The baraat was about to reach somewhere in Sakchi, but we four stayed on at the hotel and consumed liquor. We consumed excessive liquor throughout the night and slept. 

In the morning, we all got up by eight of clock, but Mangalam did not.  We felt something wrong and rushed him to Tata Main Hospital where the doctors declared him as brought dead," said Sonu.

The Tata Main Hospital authorities immediately informed the matter to the police.  Assistant sub-inspector of police of TMH's camp police station informed the matter to the Sakchi police as the matter was related to that police station area only, leading the Sakchi OC, Kunal Kumar to reach the hospital.

OC, Sakchi police station, Kunal confirmed about the death of Mangalam due to excessive consumption of liquor at a Sakchi-based hotel.