Guwahati RBI Manager’s deceased body found in Odisha Hotel

Guwahati: The General Manager of Reserve bank of India (RBI) Guwahati branch was allegedly found hanging from a fan in a hotel room in Odisha, police said.

The deceased has been identified as Asish Ranjan Samal, who is working as a general manager of the Guwahati branch of RBI, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in the hotel room. Samal hails from Naraharipur village in Jajpur block of the district. The incident occurred at Chandikhola on Friday morning.

According to the police, he had come to his native village to meet his mother on October 24. Thereafter, he went to Bhubaneswar to meet his wife, a doctor at the Kalinga Institute of Medical Science (KIIMS), and his son, a 12th standard student.

He, however, returned from Bhubaneswar the same day and booked a room for himself at Chandikhole.

According to reports, Samal had checked into the hotel on Thursday afternoon. When the hotel staff knocked at the door, he did not answer, after which the hotel staff called the police. The police entered and opened the door and found his hanging body.

According to Deepak Jena, the inspector-in-charge of Barachana police station, the exact reason of his committing suicide is not yet confirmed, but it is assumed that the banker took this step due to family issue.

Further details are awaited.

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