Delhi Tourist Found Dead at a Hotel in Goa

The four companions of victim are missing.

Virender Kumar was found dead on Monday morning. The image is used for representational purpose. (Photo courtesy: iStock)

A Delhi-based man was found dead in a hotel in Panaji, Goa. According to police, his four companions are missing.

Virender Kumar had checked into the hotel with four unidentified men, was found dead in his room on Monday morning.

Kumar died due to suffocation. Medical examination revealed that he was strangled by using a bed-sheet.

<b>Siddhanth Shirodkar, Inspector, Panaji Police</b>

CCTV footage of the hotel showed Virender entering the room with four others. The hotel owner had not taken down the names of these four men.

Goa police carrying the body of Virender Kumar from his hotel room. (Photo: ANI screengrab)

The investigation indicates that Virender and the four men had on Sunday night returned from a casino. Panaji Police are looking for the four men in connection with alleged murder.

(With inputs from PTI)