Prayagraj Deputy CMO found dead inside hotel room, probe on

The 51-year-old was found hanging in a room of Hotel Vitthal, situated next to the Coffee House in the Civil Lines area here.

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The Deputy CMO hailed from Varanasi and oversaw the immunization campaign in Prayagraj.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Deepak Bhukar told reporters that around 9.30 am, police received information that the doctor was not opening the door of his room.

When police reached the spot and forced the door open, they found him hanging from the ceiling fan, he said, adding prima facie it appears to be a case of suicide.

The body has been sent for autopsy and further investigations were being carried out, police said.

Police have taken the body in possession and sent it for post mortem and further legal action is being taken, Mr Bhukar said.

His driver Satish Singh said the doctor was deputed to Bailey Hospital and had checked into the hotel Sunday evening.

He said the doctor used to come to duty from his home in Varanasi.

He said he got a call from the doctor's wife in the morning. She said her husband was not taking her calls and asked him to check on him.

Satish Singh said he walked up to his room around 9.30 am and knocked on it several times, but when there was no response, he called the hotel staff.

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