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Raipur businessman found dead at Chandigarh's Taj hotel

Neeraj Bali
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (UNI) A 55-year-old businessman from Chhattisgarh was found unconscious in a room at a luxury hotel in Chandigarh on Wednesday and was later declared dead at a hospital, according to local media reports citing police.
The deceased was identified as Deepak Mittal, a resident of Raipur, who had reportedly checked into Taj Chandigarh in Sector 17 about two days earlier.
Police from Sector 17 police station reached the hotel after being informed of the incident, while a forensic team was called to examine the room.
According to the reports, a hotel staff member found Mittal unresponsive in his room on Wednesday. He was subsequently taken to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead. His body was shifted to the mortuary of Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, for a post-mortem examination.
Police were quoted in local reports as saying that the exact cause of death had not yet been established and would become clear only after the post-mortem examination.
The reports said investigators has found liquor and some medicines in the room. While a possible overdose or excessive alcohol consumption is being examined as one line of inquiry as there was no medical confirmation linking either to the death.
A young woman who reportedly visited Mittal at the hotel during the night was being questioned by police as part of the investigation, the reports said. There was no confirmed information suggesting her involvement in any wrongdoing.
Mittal was reportedly associated with the rice-milling business and government food-supply contracts. He was said to have travelled to Chandigarh to attend a meeting connected with Punjab's Markfed.
Police were examining the circumstances surrounding his death, and further action would depend on the findings of the post-mortem examination and other evidence, according to the reports.
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