Himachal Pradesh: Man believed to be foreigner dies under mysterious circumstance
Apr 02, 2023
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 2 : A 44-old-year man who seemed to be a foreigner died at a hospital in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala on Saturday, Kangra Police said.
According to the police, "Information was received that a person is lying outside a shop near the main square of Mcleodganj in a drunken condition".
"After getting the information police reached the spot where the person is believed to be a foreigner and was lying in a drunken condition. He was murmuring something, and was taken to Zonal Hospital, Dharamshala where he died," police said.
"A personal search of the deceased was made and a passport was recovered from the jacket of the deceased on which his name Alexander was mentioned. His age is around 44 years," the police said.
"The matter has been taken with the MEA authorities for confirmation of nationality, as the document is in a foreign language," they added.
No injury marks or anything has been seen on the body of the deceased and the cause of death is yet to be ascertained, police said.
"A postmortem will be conducted tomorrow and more details will be shared after the investigation," Dharamshala SP Shalini Agnihotri said.
Further investigation is underway, she added.
