Schoolteacher, woman end life in hotel near Dharamshala

A 38-year-old schoolteacher and the woman with whom he was having an extra-marital affair committed suicide by consuming poison at a hotel near Dharamshala, police said on Thursday

A 38-year-old schoolteacher and the woman with whom he was having an extra-marital affair committed suicide by consuming poison at a hotel near Dharamshala, police said on Thursday.

The bodies were recovered from a hotel on Cantt Road near Kotwali Bazaar of Dharamshala on Wednesday night . Pesticide tablets and a suicide note were also found. (Representational photo)

The man is a father of two children, while the woman is also married and has children. They lived in the same neighbourhood in a village of Amb sub division in Una district, the police said.

“Their bodies were found on Wednesday night in a hotel on Cantt Road near Kotwali Bazaar,” said Kangra superintendent of police Khushal Chand Sharma.

He said the couple checked into the hotel on August 17 and were last seen on Wednesday afternoon. The hotel staff informed the police after they did not respond to repeated knocking on the door, which was bolted from inside.

The police broke open the door to find the two dead. Pesticide tablets, a bottle of liquor and a suicide note were recovered.

He said the mother of the teacher had lodged a complaint that the woman’s family harassed him after they found out about their affair and that drove the two to suicide. A case was registered under Section 306 (abetment to suicide) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.