Prayagraj (UP) (PTI): Prayagraj deputy chief medical officer Dr Sunil Singh was found hanging from a ceiling fan of a hotel room here on Monday, police said.

The 51-year-old was found hanging in a room of Hotel Vitthal, situated next to the Coffee House in the Civil Lines area here.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Deepak Bhukar told reporters that around 9.30 am police received information that Dr Sunil Kumar Singh was not opening the door of his room.

When police reached the spot and forced the door open, they found Dr Singh hanging from the ceiling fan, he said, adding prima facie it appears to be a case of suicide.

Police have taken the body in possession and sent it for post mortem and further legal action is being taken, Bhukar said.

Dr Singh's driver Satish Singh said Dr Singh was deputed in Bailey Hospital and had checked into the hotel Sunday evening.

He said Dr Singh used to come to duty from his home in Varanasi.

He said he got a call from Dr Singh's wife in the morning. She said her husband was not taking her calls and asked him to check on him.

Satish Singh said he walked up to Dr Singh's room around 9.30 am and knocked on it several times, but when there was no response, he called the hotel staff.

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Mysuru (Karnataka), Nov 13: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said there was a demand for four per cent reservation for Muslims in government tenders, but no decision has been taken yet on it.

Prominent Muslim leaders, including Karnataka Minister for Municipal Administration and Hajj, Rahim Khan, Congress MLAs and MLCs wrote to the chief minister on August 24 demanding to consider giving four per cent reservation to socially and economically backward Muslims in government contracts. The chief minister wrote on the petition on August 31 that the file should be put up, sources said.

"There was a demand for four per cent reservation, but we have not taken any decision yet," Siddaramaiah told reporters here.

When asked about the BJP raking up this issue, he said, "The BJP wants to communalise everything. Their job is to create a rift between Hindus and Muslims. Did they ever wish peace in society?"

BJP state president B Y Vijayendra termed the purported move unhealthy.

"In a bid to woo the Muslim community, the @INCKarnataka government is going to give reservation in contracts as well, which will damage the health of a harmonious society," he said in a post on ‘X’.

He said it had become inevitable to protest against such stances of the Congress government.

Former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar alleged in his post on social media 'X' saying what seemed like "shameless appeasement politics" to be a "cover for Congress corruption machine".