Senior manager of UCO Bank found dead in Shimla hotel
SHIMLA : A 54-year-old man was found dead in mysterious circumstances in a room of a private hotel in Shimla district’s Rohru town on Wednesday.
The victim has been identified as Subhash Chand, a resident of Alwar in Rajasthan. Chand was working as a senior manager in UCO Bank at Chandigarh branch. According to the police, the victim had come for an audit in Summerkot branch of the bank on Wednesday.
“The victim was found dead by another bank employee who had gone to the hotel looking for him after he failed to reach the meeting on the scheduled time. Shubash was found dead on the bed by hotel employees and the bank manager,” police said.
“Post inspection, we recovered few homeopethic medicines from the room. It was learnt that the victim was a diabetic patient,” police said. Prima facie no evidence of foul play was found, they added.
Police have initiated inquest proceeding under Section 174 of Code Of Criminal Procedure.
Meanwhile, a 45-year-old priest allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun at Dhartidhar area of Sirmaur
district in Paonta Sahib on Wednesday. The victim Prem Chand was a resident of Swada Nadasi,sirmaur. The cause of death is yet to be ascertained and an inquiry has been initiated.
AUTHORITIES GEAR UP
In view of the forecast, Khurshid A Ganai, adviser to governor, along with chief secretary B V R Subrahmanyam arrived at the winter secretariat on Tuesday to review the state preparedness.
Ganai raised the issue of delay in snow clearance from roads and by-lanes in certain pockets of the Valley and directed the divisional administration to ensure timely action. He also urged the administration to ensure that along with the urban centers, life in far flung areas does not get disrupted by the wet weather, a government spokesman said in a statement.
Chief secretary Subrahmanyam urged the deputy commissioners to access the funds admissible under The State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for restoration of water supply schemes, power and road infrastructure, as per requirement.
Stock position with regard to essential items including LPG, rice, sugar, kerosene oil and other fuels was reviewed extensively, the spokesman said.
Kashmir is currently under the grip of ‘Chillai-kalan’ – a 40-day harshest period of winter when the chances of snowfall are most frequent and maximum and the temperature drops considerably.