The Dehradun district administration in Uttarakhand has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death of a 27-year-old woman in a house in Mussoorie on June 15.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Mussoorie) Rahul Anand on Wednesday said the investigation was conducted after a post-mortem examination failed to determine the exact cause of death of the deceased, identified as P Radha Gayatri of Visakhapatnam.
Anand was appointed as investigating officer in compliance with the district magistrate’s July 6 order.
An FIR was registered at Mussoorie police station under Section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the deceased’s husband, Sharan Somayajulu, following a complaint from her father alleging foul play.
Police said that on the morning of June 15, they received information through the emergency helpline that a woman staying with her husband at Kiyana Homestay on Mussoorie-Dhanaulti Road was unresponsive. She was declared dead after a police team and an ambulance arrived at the scene.
The couple had traveled from Delhi to Rishikesh on June 13 and checked into the accommodation late on June 14. During initial questioning, the husband told police that they had consumed alcohol before returning to their room in the early hours of June 15, and that he later found his wife bleeding from the nose.
Officials said the woman was found lying naked on the floor of the room. Bloodstains were found on the bed sheet, while two empty alcoholic beverage bottles and food items were recovered from the scene. The couple, both IT professionals, were married in November 2025. The viscera samples were preserved for forensic and toxicology examination.
The department has invited members of the public who have information or evidence related to the case to submit it to the office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) in Dehradun by July 17.
