Hotel Gen Manager Killed in Brawl With Cops in HP

The general manager of a hotel was killed and another staff sustained grievous injuries in a brawl involving two policemen at Banikhet near Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh, a senior police officer said on Wednesday, adding that the accused police constables have been suspended from duty and arrested for murder.

- HT Correspondent

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The incident took place at Hotel Nature Valley in Banikhet in Chamba district around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday and the deceased has been identified as the general manager of the hotel, Rajendra Malhotra, a resident of Dalhousie Cantonment, police said.

After the two police constables, identified as Anoop Kumar and Amit Kumar, arrived at the hotel late in the night, they allegedly got into an argument with the hotel's front office employee Sachin Kumar. Soon the matter escalated into a full-blown brawl, following which the general manager intervened, police said.