Muzaffarnagar: A massive fire engulfed the second floor of a three-story hotel in Aligarhs Banna Devi area on Sunday morning, leading to the death of the hotel manager. Firefighters battled for hours to bring the blaze under control. Upon reaching the scene, SP (City) Mrigank Shekhar Pathak, told TOI, A short circuit at the counter led to the fire in which an employee of the hotel died.The deceased, Dharmesh Agrawal (49), recently assumed charge of the unit. The investigation is ongoing, and appropriate action will follow."The hotels owner, Ashish Agrawal, said, On Sunday morning, I received the information that the entire hotel was gutted in the fire. The blaze was triggered by a short circuit. Our hotel manager lost his life in the incident. Dharmesh died due to suffocation while attempting to navigate the smoke-filled upper part of the hotel. The blaze intensified as fire brigades rushed to the scene. Quick-thinking employees raised an alarm, alerting others to the danger and potentially saving lives. The managers body has been sent for postmortem house, and police have launched an investigation in the case. Dharmeshs family raised concerns, with his uncle Sanjay Agrawal saying there was foul play behind his nephews death, There were several injury marks on the body, suggesting there was some foul play. We demand a fair inquiry into the matter.We also published the following articles recentlyCouples death in hotel: Woman strangled lover, then died by suicide, say copsA young couples bodies were found in a hotel in Bhopal, where the woman strangled her lover and then died by suicide. Preliminary findings indicate that the man died before the woman. The motive is unclear. The couple had checked into a hotel room and were found dead when the staff became concerned. The womans family has refused to accept her body.Man kills girlfriend in hotel, posts pic of body as WhatsApp statusA nursing students body was found in a hotel in Chromepet after her boyfriend uploaded a photo of her apparently lifeless body as his Whatsapp status. The Chromepet police were alerted by mutual friends and conducted a search of lodges and hotels in the area. The boyfriend, from Kollam in Kerala, was arrested after being found in an eatery nearby. The couple had been in a relationship for five years, secretly married, and had given up their child for adoption. The boyfriend had a history of affairs and a previous complaint lodged against him.2 dead as blaze engulfs building near Girgaum ChowpattyA fire broke out in a building in Girgaum, south Mumbai, resulting in the deaths of two individuals. The bodies were found in a flat on the third floor of the Jethabhai Govindji Building. The fire spread to the uppermost floors of the building, but all residents were safely evacuated. Fire brigade personnel declared it a level 2 fire, indicating a medium emergency.

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