- विज्ञापन -
Shimla: The residents of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday staged a protest after the death of a general manager in a private hotel on New Year’s Eve after a scuffle with some policemen.
Rajendra Malhotra, hotel’s general manager died in the scuffle after falling from a hill during an alleged scuffle near the hotel’s parking area in the tourist resort Banikhet over some issue with two police Constables, who were later taken into custody.
Both have been booked for assault that led to his death.
Angry over the death, local residents blocked the road at the Banikhet bus stand and staged a sit-in for more than two hours, demanding strict action against the accused police personnel.
Meanwhile the Superintendent of Police, Abhishek Yadav reached the spot and after he assured them of action, the pacified villagers calmed down and lifted the protest.
According to the police, Constable Anup had an argument with hotel employee Sachin over some issue.
The hotel’s general manager Malhotra and a waiter were trying to pacify them. After some time when they came out of the hotel and Malhotra was also requesting the police personnel to go back, they got into a scuffle again and in the melee Malhotra fell from the hill.
