The accused, who allegedly fled the hotel hours before the body was discovered, is now the subject of a police manhunt . Hyderabad : A woman who had been staying in a hotel room with her partner for nearly a week was found murdered in SR Nagar on Tuesday, with police alleging that a late-night quarrel may have ended in a fatal assault.
At around 3.30 am on Tuesday, Srinivas left the hotel after allegedly informing reception staff that Sirisha would check out later in the morning after breakfast. 103 using a duplicate key and found Sirisha lying dead on the bed.
Sirisha, a divorcee, had been in a relationship with Srinivas, according to police. Police said Srinivas checked into the hotel under the name Ganesh, while Sirisha used the name Durga. “We suspect that Sirisha and Srinivas had an argument in the night and he attacked her with a blunt object, causing death,” the DCP said.
However, when she failed to respond to repeated doorbell calls till noon, hotel staff alerted the police. In the presence of police personnel, hotel employees opened room No. A food plate was found next to her. Police formed special teams and dispatched them to Srinivas’s native village, as well as bus stations and railway stations, to trace and apprehend him.
A Clues team visited the hotel and collected forensic evidence from the crime scene. Police also secured CCTV footage from the premises as part of the investigation.