IT engineer found dead in Ghaziabad hotel room, police launch probe

Preliminary findings suggest suicide, but his family alleges foul play. The investigation continues, with CCTV footage being examined.

The body of a 27-year-old IT engineer was found hanging in a hotel room in the Indirapuram area, police said.

Police are, however, treating the case as a suicide and have begun examining CCTV footage to identify any visitors during his stay. ( Sakib Ali/Hindustan Times file photo)

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Nimish Patil, the deceased has been identified as Rajat Pratap Singh, a resident of Raksha Puram Colony in Meerut. He was working with a private company in Noida.

Police said preliminary findings from the post-mortem report indicate that Singh died by suicide.

He had been staying in room number 203 of the hotel for the past three days. The incident came to light after hotel staff informed police that Singh did not respond to repeated knocks on his door.

Police reached the spot and opened the room in the presence of witnesses. They recovered some documents and empty liquor bottles from the room. No suicide note was found, officials said.

While Singh's family members have not lodged a formal complaint, they have alleged foul play and claimed that he was killed.

Police are, however, treating the case as a suicide and have begun examining CCTV footage to identify any visitors during his stay.

Discussing suicides can be triggering for some. However, suicides are preventable. A few major suicide prevention helpline numbers in India are 011-23389090 from Sumaitri (Delhi-based) and 044-24640050 from Sneha Foundation (Chennai-based).