A 44-year-old man was killed at Sapna Lodge in Ghora Nakkas, area of the state capital, deceased was staying at a hotel after having a dispute in the family for the past few days.

After hearing screams from the room of deceased identified as  Amandeep Singh of Bhopal, hotel staff informed the police. A case was registered by the police.

A case of murder is being registered in the matter. The accused is being searched. Preliminary investigation by the police has revealed that the murder took place over a dispute over drinking alcohol. The suspicion of murder is on a youth from Uttarakhand staying in the neighboring room. The body was handed over to the family members after post-mortem on Wednesday.

SI Jagannath Singh of Hanumanganj police station said that Amandeep Singh of Trilanga, used to work in marketing for a chocolate company. His first wife has died, his second wife lives abroad. Two daughters and one son live in Trilanga.

SI said that investigation so far has revealed that Amandeep was fond of drinking alcohol. He used to have disputes with his family members while drunk. For the last one and a half months, he was living in a room in Sapna Lodge.

There was a dispute with the young man staying in the adjacent room Nitin Brijwasi of Uttarakhand. He was also staying in this room for many days. On Tuesday night, Aman and Nitin were drinking together in the room of the lodge. There was a dispute between the two regarding some matter. The accused attacked Amandeep with a broken glass bottle. Due to this he got an injury in his hands and he died due to excessive bleeding.

After the incident, accused Nitin escaped and Aman called for help after which the staff reached and found Amandeep in an injured state. They immediately informed the police about the matter and took the injured to the hospital where the doctors declared him dead within some time. Police are searching for the accused.