The Rourkela police recovered an unrecognised body of a woman with deep injury marks on her neck from a hotel room in a mysterious manner here on Saturday evening. Sources said after getting information about a room in locked condition from Asta Hotel, located near Rourkela railway station, a team of police of Plant site police station rushed to the spot and broke open the door. They found a body of a woman, whose hands and legs were tied in rope.
The police came to know from the hotel register that a couple had checked into the hotel on Friday afternoon. The male person had handed over a visiting card to the receptionist of the hotel, identifying himself as Sanket Narayan Singh, a doctor by profession. He had also identified the lady with him as Sony Singh (36) as his wife. They were allotted room no 508. At about 9 pm, a waiter had served dinner for the duo at their room on Friday.
The hotel staff had not noticed any activity in the room on Saturday morning. A cleaning staff of the hotel, who had gone into the hotel on Saturday afternoon, got no response from the room, despite several calls through the room bell. later, he alerted the hotel staff members. Soon, the police was informed. , The male person was absconding.
During investigation it was found that the address and identification provided in the hotel register was fake. “It appears that there is deliberate attempt to misguide the police and we suspect the accused had checked into the hotel with a motive of murder,” said Plant Site police station IIC JAcharya.