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Lucknow: A 24-year-old woman died after allegedly falling from the 10th floor of a hotel building near the UP Police Headquarters in Gomti Nagar Extension on Monday evening. She had checked into the hotel with a 30-year-old man from Sultanpur around 11.46am on Monday, according to a police report.
The deceased was a resident of Chowk in Lucknow, police said. The man came down in the lift after the incident, reached the basement and left the premises on a motorcycle, according to police. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident, while the man who had checked into the hotel with her allegedly left the premises shortly after the fall. The incident came to light when the hotel’s security in-charge informed the police that a woman staying had fallen from the building. Preliminary information indicated that the fall occurred around 6pm. Police are searching for him to establish his whereabouts and question him about the events leading up to the woman’s death.
Police personnel reached the spot and called in a forensic field unit to examine the scene. Photographs and videos were taken to document the location, and evidence was collected and preserved for investigation. The body was sent for postmortem. The findings are expected to help establish the cause of death and provide further information relevant to the investigation.