18-year-old found dead in east Delhi hotel

NEWDELHI: An 18-year-old woman was found dead inside a room at a luxury hotel in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar on Thursday. The woman had checked into the hotel room with her male friend around noon on Wednesday.

Police officials said prima facie they do not suspect any foul play because the room was locked from the inside. Her friend, with whom she had checked into the hotel, had reportedly left the hotel. The police said there were no visible injury marks on the woman’s body, which was found in the toilet .

Investigators said the forensic case said the woman had finished experts collected some substanher Class 11 from Open School ces from the hotel room that and was working in a beauty parcould either be a drug or poison. lour in south Delhi. She was livThe police are questioning her ing at her relative’s home in Cha20-year-old friend, who is from nakyapuri area. Her parents live Delhi’s Shahdara. in Uttarakhand. She had come in

Pankaj Singh, deputy commiscontact with the male friend sioner of police (east), said they through their common friend 10 are waiting for the woman’s months ago. autopsy to ascertain the exact Investigation has revealed cause of death. “We are waiting that on Wednesday she met her for the forensic report that will male friend and they checked into help us know what was the subthe luxury hotel in Mayur Vihar. stance that was found in the hotel Around 4.30pm, her friend room,” DCP Singh said. reportedly left, saying his father

An officer associated with the was unwell and was admitted to a hospital. He told her that he would be back on Thursday. She was reportedly supposed to wait for him in the hotel room.

The next day, the man tried to reach her on her mobile phone. But his calls went unanswered. He then called the hotel authorities and asked them to check on his friend.

“When the hotel staffers’ repeated knocks at the door went unanswered, they opened the door using the master key,” said the officer. The girl was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.